Celiac disease and Down syndrome mortality: a nationwide cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 2 Causes of death among patients with Down syndrome

	Celiac disease	Not celiac disease
Total	7	14
Chronic leukemia	1	1
Dementia	1
Heart disease or atherosclerosis	2	3
Liver cirrhosis	1
Down syndrome^a	2	4
Neurodevelopmental disorder		1
Brain tumor		1
Pneumonia due to aspiration		1
Influenza		1
Renal failure		1
Accident		1

^aDiagnostic codes for underlying syndromes are often recorded as the underlying cause of death in the Swedish Cause of Death Register. In Sweden, however, the causes of death in individuals with DS have not been validated

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