Celiac Disease and Increased Risk of Pneumococcal Infection: Methodological Issues

We were interested to read the paper by Simons et  al that was published in The American Journal of Medicine.1 The authors purposed to examine the risk of pneumococcal infections in celiac disease. They concluded that there is positive association between celiac disease and risk of pneumococcal infection. Although they have conducted valuable meta -analysis, some methodological issues need to be considered.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research