Family History and Uterine Fibroid Development in Black and African American Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Uterine fibroids are an understudied condition, with earlier onset in Black than White women. Prior studies of the importance of family history on fibroid development are limited by reliance on hospital-based participant selection, poorly defined measures of family history, and nonsystematic fibroid assessment.

Objective

To examine whether family history is a risk factor for fibroid development using prospective ultrasonography data to identify incident fibroids and measure fibroid growth and standardized methods to ascertain family history.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective community cohort of Black and African American women from the Detroit, Michigan, area was conducted from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2018, using 4 standardized ult

SUBMITTER: Langton CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993075 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature