No COVID-19 pandemic impact on incidence and clinical presentation of celiac disease in Italian children.

Aim: We aimed to evaluate the impact of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic on the incidence and clinical presentation of celiac disease (CD) in children.

Methods: The diagnoses of CD were compared between the COVID-19 pandemic (from April 2020 to March 2022) and the pre-pandemic period (from April 2018 to March 2020) in three Italian Paediatric Gastroenterology centres (Varese, Como, Catanzaro). Electronic patient records were reviewed and additional information were collected through parental interview.