Screening for coeliac disease in adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: myths, facts and controversy

Table 4 Clinical recommendations for screening of CD in T1DM patients in adult CD and T1DM guidelines

Guidelines	Years	Recommendation	Reference
CD guidelines
Gastroenterological Society of Australia	2007	Not reported	[85]
Dutch Society of Gastroenterology	2008	Testing for CD in case of clinical suspicion	[86]
World Gastroenterology Organisation	2013	Not reported	[88]
American College of Gastroenterology	2013	Testing for CD if there are any digestive symptoms, or signs, or laboratory evidence suggestive of CD	[89]
British Society of Gastroenterology	2014	Testing for CD should be performed when CD is suspected	[2]
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)	2015	Test for CD at the moment of CD diagnosis and in case of persisting symptoms	[90]
T1DM guidelines
American Diabetes Association	2014	Screening for CD soon after T1DM diagnosis, thereafter screening should be considered based on signs and symptoms	[6]
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)	2015	In case of low BMI or weight loss, screen for CD	[87]
Australian Diabetes Society	2011	Screen for CD at diagnosis and at least in the first five years after diagnosis	[91]

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