Canova C, et al. - Researchers undertook an analysis of the risk of any fracture requiring hospital care in a cohort of individuals with celiac disease diagnosed in childhood/adolescence compared with reference individuals matched by age and sex. The recruitment constituted people born and residing in Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy, in 1989-2011. It was determined that 22 individuals with celiac disease and 128 reference individuals experienced a fracture during the follow-up period. The risk was not modified by sex, age at diagnosis or calendar period of diagnosis. No evidence was yielded with regard to an increased risk of fractures during childhood and youth among patients with celiac disease.