Spatial Patterns of Endometriosis Incidence. A Study in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy) in the Period 2004-2017.

ABSTRACT: Diagnosis of endometriosis and evaluation of incidence data are complex tasks because the disease is identified laparoscopically and confirmed histologically. Incidence estimates reported in literature are widely inconsistent, presumably reflecting geographical variability of risk and the difficulty of obtaining reliable data. We retrieved incident cases of endometriosis in women aged 15-50 years using hospital discharge records and pathology databases of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the calendar period 2004-2017. We studied the spatial pattern of endometriosis incidence applying Bayesian approaches to Disease Mapping, and profiled municipalities at higher risk controlling for multiple comparisons using both q-values and a fully Bayesian approach. 4125 new cases of endometriosis wer

SUBMITTER: Catelan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297028 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature