Reply: Dietary fat consumption and endometriosis risk

Stacey A. Missmer, Jorge E. Chavarro, Susan Malspeis, Elizabeth R. Bertone‐Johnson, Mark D. Hornstein, D Spiegelman, Robert L. Barbieri, W. C. Willett, Susan E. Hankinson
In: Human Reproduction · 2010 · vol. 26(3) , pp. 732–733 · doi:10.1093/humrep/deq354 · W2145112859
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The authors question whether dietary fat affects more severe forms of endometriosis, such as cystic and deep endometriosis, beyond its potential impact on laparoscopy rates due to reduced menstrual pain.

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the conclusion that women with a high fatty acid intake are less likely to undergo a laparoscopy since a high fatty acid intake can reduce menstrual pain. Finally, laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool will pick up also subtle endometriosis and since these lesions can be found in almost all women with pain or infertility, all these women will finally get the diagnosis of endometriosis. Since it remains debated whether subtle endometriosis is a pathology, we would be interested to know whether more severe forms such as cystic and deep endometriosis would be affected by diet.

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