Risk factors associated with endometriosis: importance of study population for characterizing disease in the ENDO Study

C Matthew Peterson; Erica B Johnstone; Erica Johnstone; Ahmad O Hammoud; Ahmad Hammoud; Joseph B Stanford; Michael W Varner; Anne Kennedy; Zhen Chen; Liping Sun; Victor Y Fujimoto; Mary L Hediger; Germaine M Buck Louis; ENDO Study Working Group

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.040

Risk factors associated with endometriosis: importance of study population for characterizing disease in the ENDO Study

C Matthew Peterson, Erica B Johnstone, Erica Johnstone, Ahmad O Hammoud, Ahmad Hammoud, Joseph B Stanford, Michael W Varner, Anne Kennedy, Zhen Chen, Liping Sun, Victor Y Fujimoto, Mary L Hediger, Germaine M Buck Louis, ENDO Study Working Group

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2013 · vol. 208(6) , pp. 451.e1–451.e11 · doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.02.040 · PMID:23454253 · W2075422337

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This study investigated risk factors for endometriosis within the ENDO Study cohort, aiming to characterize the disease based on the specific population examined.

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Endometriosis Infertility Pelvis Adolescent Adult Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Gravidity Humans Incidence Infertility Laparoscopy Laparotomy Logistic Models

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[1] Actuarial Analysis of Private Payer Administrative Claims Data for Women With Endometriosis via openalex

[2] Association of endometriosis with body size and figure via openalex

[3] Can symptomatology help in the diagnosis of endometriosis? Findings from a national case–control study—Part 1 via openalex

[4] Coitus during menses. Its effect on endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease. via openalex

[5] Deep infiltrating endometriosis: relation between severity of dysmenorrhoea and extent of disease via openalex

[6] Endometriosis and infertility: a laparoscopic study of endometriosis among fertile and infertile women via openalex

[7] Endometriosis-associated infertility: a decade's trend study of women from the Estrie Region of Quebec, Canada via openalex

[8] Endometriosis in pregnant and non-pregnant women at tubal sterilization via openalex

[9] Endometriosis in women at interval sterilization via openalex

[10] Endometriosis: Prevalence and anatomical distribution of endometriosis in women with selected gynaecological conditions: results from a multicentric Italian study via openalex

[11] Epidemiological characteristics in women with and without endometriosis in the Yale series via openalex

[12] Epidemiology of endometriosis in a Norwegian county via openalex

[13] ESHRE guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis via openalex

[14] Family incidence of endometriosis in first-, second-, and third-degree relatives: case-control study via openalex

[15] 'Here comes the sun': pigmentary traits and sun habits in women with endometriosis via openalex

[16] High prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women with normal ovulation and normospermic partners via openalex

[17] Incidence of endometriosis by study population and diagnostic method: the ENDO study via openalex

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[20] Prevalence of Endometriosis Among Women Undergoing Laparoscopic Procedures via openalex

[21] Prevalence of Endometriosis in Adolescent Girls With Chronic Pelvic Pain Not Responding to Conventional Therapy via openalex

[22] Prevalence of newly diagnosed endometriosis in women attending the general practitioner via openalex

[23] Self‐reported prevalence of endometriosis and its symptoms among Puerto Rican women via openalex

[24] The Diagnosis and Treatment of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis via openalex

[25] The Relation of Endometriosis to Menstrual Characteristics, Smoking, and Exercise via openalex

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