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Article: Researchers from Orebro University report details of new studies and findings in the area of coeliac disease.
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- Hematology Week
- Article date:
- August 25, 2008
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In this recent article published in the journal Gut, scientists in Sweden conducted a study "To examine the risk of subsequent sepsis in individuals with coeliac disease. We used Swedish national health registers to identify 15 325 individuals with a diagnosis of coeliac disease (1964-2003) and 14 494 inpatient reference individuals."
"Cox regression estimated the hazard ratios (HRs) for subsequent sepsis. Compared with inpatient reference individuals, individuals with coeliac disease were at increased risk of sepsis (HR = 1.6, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 1.2 to 1.9, p
The researchers concluded: "Potential explanations include hyposplenism, increased ...