Effects of female genital cutting on physical health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Worldwide, an estimated 125 million girls and women live with female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We aimed to systematically review the evidence for physical health risks associated with FGM/C.

Design

We searched 15 databases to identify studies (up to January 2012). Selection criteria were empirical studies reporting physical health outcomes from FGM/C, affecting females with any type of FGM/C, irrespective of ethnicity, nationality and age. Two review authors independently screened titles and abstracts, applied eligibility criteria, assessed methodological study quality and extracted full-text data. To derive overall risk estimates, we combined data from included studies using the Mantel-Haenszel method for unadjusted dichotomous data and the generic inver

SUBMITTER: Berg RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244458 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature