Is body mass index associated with the incidence of endometriosis and the severity of dysmenorrhoea: a case-control study in China?

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Is body mass index associated with the incidence of endometriosis and the severity of dysmenorrhoea: a case-control study in China?

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Objective: Endometriosis is considered as a serious gynaecological disease in women at a reproductive age. Lower body mass index (BMI) is thought to be a risk factor. However, recent studies indicated that women with normal BMI were also more likely to develop endometriosis, suggesting the association with BMI is controversial. We therefore investigated the association of BMI and surgically diagnosed endometriosis in a cohort of Chinese women. Design: Retrospective case-control study. Setting...

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2020-09

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Tang, Yunhui / Zhao, Mingzhi / Lin, Luling / Gao, Yifei / Chen, George Qiaoqi / Chen, Shouzhen / Chen, Qi

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65561

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Humans / Endometriosis / Dysmenorrhea / Body Mass Index / Incidence / Risk Factors / Case-Control Studies / Retrospective Studies / Pregnancy / China / Female / Overweight / epidemiology / gynaecology / minimally invasive surgery / subfertility / 3215 Reproductive Medicine / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / Clinical Research / Prevention / Obesity / Nutrition / Contraception/Reproduction / 7.1 Individual care needs / 7 Management of diseases and conditions / 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors / 2 Aetiology / 3 Good Health and Well Being / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Medicine, General & Internal / General & Internal Medicine / WOMEN / SIZE / DECIDUALIZATION / WEIGHT / HEALTH / RISK / 1117 Public Health and Health Services / Clinical / Public Health / Pain Research / Reproductive Health and Childbirth / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences / 42 Health sciences / 52 Psychology

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