Celiac disease in Middle Eastern and North African countries: A new burden?

Table 4 Serological diagnosis of celiac disease in Middle Eastern and North African countries

Country	Population	AGA (%)		AEA (%)		t-TG Ab (%)
		Sensitivity	Specificity	Sensitivity	Specificity	Sensitivity	Specificity
Turkey[6]	2000 healthy individuals	NR	NR	NR	NR	90.0	NR
Iran[7]	2799 healthy individuals	NR	NR	19.0	100.0	100.0	99.0
Israel[11]	1571 healthy blood donors	NR	NR	20.0	100.0	50.0-60.0	25.0-38.0
Tunisia[17]	2500 healthy blood donors	100.0	84.0	NR	NR	NR	NR
Algeria[39]1	116 children with IDDM	IgA AGA, IgG AGA, and IgA AEA
		Sensitivity		Specificity
		80.0		100.0
Turkey[46]	104 children with CD	76.0 (IgA), 94.0 (IgG)	NR	90.0	NR	NR	NR
Saudi Arabia[26]	145 high risk patients	NR	NR	NR	100.0	NR	NR
Egypt[27]	11 children with CD	100.0	21.4	81.8	21.4	72.7	85.7
Israel[68]	39 children with CD and 22 healthy children	NR	NR	100.0	100.0	NR	NR

¹Sensitivity and specificity of all tests simultaneously.