Francesca Chiaffarino

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2006-2022

Study types

  • review 5
  • meta-analysis 2
  • article 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • infertility 1
meta-analysis 2022
Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-022-21173-9

Endometriosis is a complex and chronic disease, whose multifactorial nature has encouraged a deep investigation on the role of lifestyle factors. A strong association between alcohol intake and endometriosis risk has already been shown. We …

review 2022
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm11040995

Umbilical endometriosis represents 30-40% of abdominal wall endometriosis and around 0.5-1.0% of all cases of endometriosis. The aim of this systematic review is to revisit the epidemiology, signs, and symptoms and to formulate a pathogenic…

review 2020
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.06.051

The potential link between endometriosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has been investigated over the last twenty years. Endometriosis shares with IBD features and symptoms so to become a significant diagnostic challenge, resulting i…

review 2016
Medicine ·doi:10.1097/md.0000000000004957

BACKGROUND: The potential association between endometriosis and physical activity (PA) has been suggested in several epidemiological studies.We aimed to establish whether PA influences endometriosis risk. METHODS: MEDLINE and EMBASE were se…

review 2014
European journal of nutrition ·doi:10.1007/s00394-014-0662-7

PurposeThe potential association between endometriosis and coffee/caffeine consumption has been analysed in several epidemiological studies. In order to establish whether caffeine influences the risk of endometriosis, we provide to summariz…

other 2014
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.04.024

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the hysterectomy rates (HR) temporal trends for gynecological benign conditions in Lombardy, Northern Italy. STUDY DESIGN: Since 1991, discharges from public or private hospitals have been registered in a standard for…

review 2014
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006325

OBJECTIVE: Since conflicting results have been published on the role of tobacco smoking on the risk of endometriosis, we provide an up-to-date summary quantification of this potential association. DESIGN: We performed a PubMed/MEDLINE searc…

meta-analysis 2013
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.039

OBJECTIVE: To offer a general figure of the available data on the relation between alcohol intake and risk of endometriosis, we conducted a systematic review and a metaanalysis of studies published up to May 2012. STUDY DESIGN: We carried …

article 2006
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2006.01.078

ObjectiveThis study was undertaken to analyze the frequency and the determinants of long-term clinically detectable recurrence rate of deep, ovarian, and pelvic endometriosis.Study designThe clinical data of 1106 women with first diagnosis …