By: Peter Olins, PhD on June 21, 2014.
A survey of over 22 million U.S. patient records found that patients with celiac disease (CD) had about a 2-fold higher prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD), compared to patients without celiac disease. The authors propose that this might be a result of the increased blood levels of inflammatory signaling molecules that are found in both CD and CAD.
Conference Abstract: Gajulapalli RD, et al.
Published in: 2014 American College of Cardiology conference proceeedings
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