Environmental Exposure History and Vulvodynia Risk: A Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Risk factors for vulvodynia continue to be elusive. We evaluated the association between past environmental exposures and the presence of vulvodynia.

Materials and methods

The history of 28 lifetime environmental exposures was queried in the longitudinal population-based Woman-to-Woman Health Study on the 24-month follow-up survey. Relationships between these and vulvodynia case status were assessed using multinomial logistic regression.

Results

Overall, 1585 women completed the 24-month survey, the required covariate responses, and questions required for case status assessment. Screening positive as a vulvodynia case was associated with history of exposures to home-sprayed chemicals (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides-odds ratio [OR] 2.47, 95% confidence

SUBMITTER: Reed BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6343193 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature