Risk profiles for endometriosis in Japanese women: results from a repeated survey of self-reports.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence and risk factors for endometriosis may differ according to diagnosis methodologies, such as study populations and diagnostic accuracy. We examined risk profiles in imaging-diagnosed endometriosis with and without surgical confirmation in a large population of Japanese women, as well as the differences in risk profiles of endometriosis based on history of infertility.

Methods

Questionnaires that included items on sites of endometriosis determined by imaging techniques and surgical procedure were mailed to 1025 women who self-reported endometriosis in a baseline survey of the Japan Nurses' Health Study (n = 15 019).

Results

Two hundred and ten women had surgically confirmed endometriosis (Group A), 120 had imaging-diagnosed endometriosis withou

SUBMITTER: Yasui T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4340996 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature