Co-occurrence of immune-mediated conditions and endometriosis among adolescents and adult women.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Associations between immune dysfunction conditions (eg, systemic lupus erythematous, rheumatoid arthritis) and endometriosis have been observed in adult women, but not assessed among a younger population. We investigated the association between immune-mediated conditions and endometriosis among young women.

Method of study

This cross-sectional analysis in the Women's Health Study: From Adolescence to Adulthood included 551 participants with surgically diagnosed endometriosis (median age=19) and 652 controls without endometriosis (median age=24). Participants completed an expanded Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonization Project questionnaire. We used logistic regression to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to investigate the asso

SUBMITTER: Shafrir AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature