hrp0084p2-204 | Bone | ESPE2015

Children with Coeliac Disease on Gluten Free Diet have Normal Bone Mass, Geometry and Muscle Mass

Mackinder M , Wong S C , Tsiountsioura M , Shepherd S , Buchanan E , Edwards C , Ahmed S F , Gerasimidis K

Objective: To evaluate musculoskeletal development using pQCT in children with coeliac disease (CD) on gluten free diet (GFD) compared with age and gender matched healthy controls.Method: Prospective cross sectional study. 38 children (18 males) with CD on GFD for a duration of 3.6 years (0.6, 12.5) and 38 age and sex matched healthy controls underwent pQCT at 4, 38 and 66% tibial sites. Bloods were collected in CD children only. Results reported as medi...