Adverse childhood or adult experiences and risk of bilateral oophorectomy: a population-based case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Bilateral oophorectomy has commonly been performed in conjunction with hysterectomy even in women without a clear ovarian indication; however, oophorectomy may have long-term deleterious consequences. To better understand this surgical practice from the woman's perspective, we studied the possible association of adverse childhood or adult experiences with the subsequent occurrence of bilateral oophorectomy.

Design

Population-based case-control study.

Setting

Olmsted County, Minnesota (USA).

Participants

From an established population-based cohort study, we sampled 128 women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy before age 46 years for a non-cancerous condition in 1988-2007 (cases) and 128 age-matched controls (±1 year).

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Gazzuola Rocca L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623400 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature