Fatty liver and celiac disease: Why worry?

Table 1 Celiac disease in patients with fatty liver

Ref.	Country	Patients	Ultrasound	Liver biopsy	AGA	tTG	EmA	Duodenal biopsy	Response with GFD
Grieco et al[12], 2001	Italy	30	(+)	(+)	N/A	N/A	4	Negative	Complete
Nehra et al[13], 2001	United States	47	N/A	(+)	N/A	N/A	1	N/A	N/A
Bardella et al[14], 2004	Italy	59	N/A	(+)	N/A	6	2	2/6	Partial
Lo Iacono et al[15] , 2005	Italy	121	N/A	(+)	N/A	20	4	4/4	Partial
Rahimi et al[16], 2011	Iran	316	Either/or	Either/or	N/A	8	7	7/8	Complete
Bakhshipour et al[17], 2013	Iran	403	(+)	N/A	N/A	14	N/A	12/14	Partial
Kamal et al[18], 2018	Egypt	613	(+)	(-)	N/A	160	68	181	Partial

GFD: Gluten-free diet; N/A: Not available; AGA: Anti-gliadin antibody; tTG: Tissue transglutaminase antibody; EmA: Endomysial antibody; Complete response to GFD: Normalization of liver enzymes, celiac antibodies and normal abdominal ultrasound; Partial response to GFD: Normalization of liver enzymes and celiac antibodies.