Nutritional status of RCDII and EATL patients is poor compared to newly diagnosed coeliac disease patients

N Wierdsma, P Nijeboer, M De Van Der Schueren, A Van Bodegraven, C Mulder

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Abstract

Rationale: A minority of newly diagnosed coeliac disease (CD) patients does not show clinical improvement or relapse upon a strict gluten free diet and might suffer from Refractory Coeliac DiseaseII (RCDII) or Enteropathy Associated T-cell Lymphoma (EATL). We aimed to comprehensively assess nutritional status and intestinal absorption capacity in RCDII, EATL and CD patients, at first presentation. Methods: Nutritional status was assessed by antropom-etry, BMI (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S49
JournalClinical Nutrition
Volume33
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • European
  • calorimetry
  • celiac disease
  • dietary intake
  • enteropathy associated T cell lymphoma
  • fat free mass
  • gluten free diet
  • grip strength
  • hand grip
  • human
  • intestine absorption
  • macronutrient
  • malabsorption
  • malnutrition
  • metabolism
  • nutrition
  • nutritional status
  • patient
  • policy
  • relapse
  • resting energy expenditure
  • screening
  • society
  • weight reduction

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