Celiac disease in the developing countries: A new and challenging public health problem

Table 1 Prevalence of CD in Europeans and people of European ancestry based on unselected population serological screenings[5-8]

Europe
Czechoslovakia	1:218
Estonia	1:88
Finland	1:99
Hungary	1:85
Ireland	1:122
Italy	1:106
Norway	1:262
Portugal	1:134
Spain	1:118
Sweden	1:190
Switzerland	1:132
Netherlands	1:198
United Kingdom	1:100
United States	1:133
Australia	1:251

Table 2 Prevalence of unrecognized (silent/subclinical) celiac disease among the “healthy” general population in the Middle East (serological screenings)[61-66]

Populations	Prevalence (%)	References
Turkish school children	1:115 (0.87)	61
Iranian blood donors	1:166 (0.60)	62
Iranian children	1:165 (0.61)	63
Israeli blood donors	1:157 (0.63)	64
Turkish blood donors	1:87 (1.15)	65
Anatolian adults	1:100 (1)	66

Table 3 Prevalence of silent/subclinical forms of celiac disease among groups at risk in the Middle-East (serological screenings)[63-80]

Disease groups and countries	Prevalence (%)	References
Chronic diarrhea
Iran (children)	6.5	63
Kuwait (children)	18.5	67
Iraq (adults)	20	68
Iran (children)	20	69
Inflammatory bowel disease Iran (adults)	7.8	70
Autoimmune hepatitis Iran (adults)	3.6	71
Down’s syndrome Turkey (children)	1	72
Irritable bowel syndrome Iran (adults)	11.4	73
Short stature
Saudi Arabia (children)	9.5	74
Turkey (children)	55.3	75
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Saudi Arabia (children)	10	76
Israel (children)	8.3	77
Turkey (adults)	2.4	78
Iran (adults + children)	2.4	79
Saudi Arabia (children)	8.1	80