Association of genital talc and douche use in early adolescence or adulthood with uterine fibroids diagnoses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genital talc and douching are practices that can involve exposure to chemical compounds linked to certain gynecologic cancers. However, it is unclear if they are associated with fibroid risk or age at fibroid diagnosis among women.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of early-adolescence genital talc use and douching on prevalence of fibroids diagnosed before the age of 35 and 50 years among Black/African American and non-Hispanic White women.

Study design

Data were derived from the Sister Study (2003-2020), a prospective cohort of 50,884 US women aged 35 to 74 years at enrollment. Participants were asked if they ever had a fibroid diagnosis and at what age, and if they used genital talc and/or douched between the ages of 10 and 13 years or in

SUBMITTER: Ogunsina K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature