P164 Celiac Disease among a large cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients: epidemiology and outcome implications

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and undetermined IBD (IBD-U), are autoimmune chronic remittent diseases affecting the gut. On the other hand celiac disease (CeD) is a gluten related disorder leading to duodenal villous atrophy. Lately, the link between CeD and IBD has become of growing interest. Indeed, CeD prevalence among IBD population has been widely investigated, as well...