Delia Scholes

No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus · active 2003-2020

Study types

  • article 11
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • infertility 2
  • adenomyosis 2
article 2020
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2020.01.016

BackgroundAdenomyosis symptoms are disabling. Population-based data on incidence and prevalence of adenomyosis are lacking that could guide future evidence-based treatments and clinical management.ObjectiveTo evaluate the incidence, 10-year…

article 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.06.040

ObjectiveTo study early-life factors in relation to endometriosis risk in adulthood.DesignPopulation-based case-control study.SettingIntegrated healthcare system.Patient(s)Cases (n = 310) were women diagnosed for the first time with endomet…

article 2014
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deu227

STUDY QUESTION: Is bisphenol A (BPA) exposure associated with the risk of endometriosis, an estrogen-driven disease of women of reproductive age? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our study suggests that increased urinary BPA is associated with an increased …

article 2013
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.1306648

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is considered an estrogen-dependent disease. Persistent environmental chemicals that exhibit hormonal properties, such as organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), may affect endometriosis risk. OBJECTIVE: We investigated …

article 2013
Environmental research ·doi:10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.003

BackgroundPhthalates are ubiquitous environmental chemicals with endocrine disruptive properties. The impact of these chemicals on endocrine-related disease in reproductive-age women is not well understood.ObjectiveTo investigate the relati…

article 2013

Ba c k g r o u n d: Endometriosis, a gynecologic disorder affecting 8–10 % of reproductive-age women in the United States, is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and is linked to pelvic pain and infertility. Env…

article 2011
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health ·doi:10.1016/j.whi.2010.09.005

ObjectiveUsing a medical record abstraction-based case-control study with two control groups, we evaluated adenomyosis risk factors and investigated differences related to comparison group selection.Materials and methodsMedical records of a…

other 2011
The British journal of nutrition ·doi:10.1017/S0007114510003661

Diet plausibly has a role in the aetiology of endometriosis through effects on steroid hormone levels; however, few published studies have examined the diet and endometriosis risk. We evaluated dietary risk factors for endometriosis in a po…

article 2011
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.004

ObjectiveTo evaluate the relationship between common genetic variation in genes involved in the biosynthesis and signaling of estrogen and progesterone and endometriosis risk.DesignGenetic polymorphism analysis.SettingPopulation-based case-…

article 2010
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.0901444

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, a gynecologic disorder affecting 8-10% of reproductive-age women in the United States, is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus and is linked to pelvic pain and infertility. Environmenta…

article 2006
·doi:10.1093/ajcn/84.3.587
article 2003
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)01518-8