Tobacco smoking and risk of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Since conflicting results have been published on the role of tobacco smoking on the risk of endometriosis, we provide an up-to-date summary quantification of this potential association.

Design

We performed a PubMed/MEDLINE search of the relevant publications up to September 2014, considering studies on humans published in English. We searched the reference list of the identified papers to find other relevant publications. Case-control as well as cohort studies have been included reporting risk estimates on the association between tobacco smoking and endometriosis. 38 of the 1758 screened papers met the inclusion criteria. The selected studies included a total of 13,129 women diagnosed with endometriosis.

Setting

Academic hospitals.

Main outcome measure

SUBMITTER: Bravi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275697 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature