Endometriosis: a premenopausal disease? Age pattern in 42,079 patients with endometriosis

Dietmar Haas, Radek Chvatal, Radek Chvátal, Björn Reichert, Stefan Renner, Stefan P. Renner, Omar Shebl, Helge Binder, Peter Wurm, Peter Oppelt
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2012 · vol. 286(3) , pp. 667–670 · doi:10.1007/s00404-012-2361-z · PMID:22562384 · W1993975987
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This retrospective study of 42,079 endometriosis patients found that while most (80.36%) were premenopausal, a significant portion (17.09%) were perimenopausal and 2.55% were postmenopausal.

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This retrospective epidemiological study analyzed German Federal Statistical Office data from 2005–2006 on 42,079 women admitted for surgical treatment of histologically confirmed endometriosis, examining age distribution by 5-year groups and categorizing patients as premenopausal (0–45), perimenopausal (45–55), or postmenopausal (55–95). Most admissions were in the premenopausal group (80.36%), but substantial numbers also occurred in perimenopause (17.09%) and postmenopause (2.55%). The authors concluded that the common assumption that endometriosis is only a premenopausal/reproductive-age disease should be questioned, while noting that their analysis is based on hospital admissions for surgery rather than a population-based estimate of disease prevalence. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it quantifies age patterns across pre/peri/postmenopausal patients to argue endometriosis is not exclusively a premenopausal condition.

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Endometriosis Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Age Distribution Age of Onset Child Child, Preschool Endometriosis Female Germany Germany Humans Infant Menopause Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Young Adult

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