D W Cramer

No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus · active 1981-2015

Study types

  • article 9
  • other 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 13
  • infertility 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
article 2015
Shared genetics underlying epidemiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between endometriosis and certain histotypes of ovarian cancer, including clear cell, low-grade serous and endometrioid carcinomas. We aimed to determine whether the observed associatio…

other 2013
Reproductive characteristics in relation to ovarian cancer risk by histologic pathways
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des466

STUDY QUESTION: Do reproductive risk factor associations differ across subgroups of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) defined by the dualistic model (type I/II) or a histologic pathway-based classification? SUMMARY ANSWER: Associati…

article 2010
Epidemiology of Endometriosis
Progress in clinical and biological research ·doi:10.4324/9780203319390_chapter_4
article 2002
Comparative study of patients with endometriosis in the United States and in the United Kingdom
·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)03168-5
article 1997
Epidemiologic determinants of endometriosis: A hospital-based case-control study
Annals of epidemiology ·doi:10.1016/s1047-2797(97)00017-3
article 1997
Prevalence of Endometriosis in Adolescent Girls With Chronic Pelvic Pain Not Responding to Conventional Therapy
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s1083-3188(97)70085-8
article 1996
Endometriosis associated with the N314D mutation of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT)
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/2.3.149

To explore a possible connection between endometriosis, Müllerian anomalies, and possession of the N314D allele of the gene for galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT), we studied 33 women with endometriosis attending a fertility cl…

other 1994
Infertility in women and moderate alcohol use
American journal of public health ·doi:10.2105/ajph.84.9.1429

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between moderate alcohol intake and fertility. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 3833 women who recently gave birth and 1050 women from seven infertility clinic…

article 1994
Primary infertility: characteristics of women in North America according to pathological findings.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health ·doi:10.1136/jech.48.6.576

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine, in women with primary infertility, whether specific characteristics or behavioural factors are associated with the various pathological conditions identified as contributing to the infertility. DESIGN: Case-co…

article 1993
Relation of Female Infertility to Consumption of Caffeinated Beverages
American journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116644

Several studies have reported an association between caffeine intake and delay to conception. To study this relation further, the authors examined caffeine use in 1,050 women with primary infertility and 3,833 women who had recently given b…

other 1987
The association between smoking and female infertility as influenced by cause of the infertility
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59402-3

Smoking histories were compared in 901 women with infertility of different types and 1264 women admitted for delivery at seven collaborating hospitals. The relative risk for infertility associated with cigarette smoking prior to the inferti…

article 1986
The Relation of Endometriosis to Menstrual Characteristics, Smoking, and Exercise
JAMA ·doi:10.1001/jama.1986.03370140102032

We compared menstrual characteristics and constitutional factors in 268 white women with primary infertility due to endometriosis and in 3,794 white women admitted for delivery at seven collaborating hospitals from 1981 to 1983. Adjusting f…

other 1981
Trends in the incidence of endometrioid and clear cell cancers of the ovary in the United States
American journal of epidemiology ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113183

An increase in reported incidence of endometrioid and clear cell cancers of the ovary occurred in the United States during the 1970s, while no change occurred in the overall incidence of ovarian cancer. The authors can not rule out that thi…