Laparoscopically Confirmed Endometriosis and Risk of Incident Stroke: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior research suggests that women with endometriosis are at greater risk of coronary heart disease. Therefore, our objective was to prospectively investigate the association between laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis and risk of incident stroke during 28 years of follow-up.

Methods

Participants in the NHSII cohort study (Nurses' Health Study II) were followed from 1989 when they were between the ages of 25 to 42 until 2017 for development of incident stroke (ischemic and hemorrhagic). Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% CI, with adjustment for potential confounding variables (alcohol intake, body mass index at age 18, current body mass index, age at menarche, menstrual cycle pattern in adolescence, current menstrual c

SUBMITTER: Farland LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9529799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature