Research Article
The Comparison of Menstrual Characteristics and BMI in Women with Endometriosis and Without Endometriosis
Zinatossadat Bouzari, Shahla Yazdani,
Zahra Hadadi Ahangarkolaee, Mahtab
Zeinalzadeh and Karimollah Hajian
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Dr. Mahtab ZeinalZadeh
Babol-Ganjafroz Street- Babol University of Medical Sciences
Rouhani Hospital
Iran
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Received on: October 22, 2016, Accepted on: November 23, 2016, Published on: December 01, 2016
Citation: Zinatossadat Bouzari, Shahla Yazdani, Zahra Hadadi Ahangarkolaee, Mahtab Zeinalzadeh, Karimollah Hajian (2016). The Comparison of
Menstrual Characteristics and BMI in Women with Endometriosis and Without Endometriosis.
Copyright: 2016 Mahtab Zeinalzadeh, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background: Recent studies have found an inconsistent association between BMI and endometriosis. The target of this study is to compare the menstrual characteristics and BMI in women with and without endometriosis.
Methods and Materials: This study was performed on a 417 women aged between 15-45 years old who had been hospitalized in women`s ward of Babol Clinic and Ruhani hospital between August 2008 to August 2014. All participants had undergone laparotomy or laparoscopy. The patients were divided into 2 groups: Target group which has been diagnosed with endometriosis and Control group without endometriosis. The information which was collected from patients included: Characteristics of their menstrual cycle BMI and Demographic profile.
Results: A total of 119 women with endometriosis the mean age of 32.8 +/- 6.4 years were placed in case group and 298 women with mean age of 32.4 +/- 8.7 years were considered as control group. The findings like menarche before the age of 12 (P<0.038), menstrual cycle of 24 days or less (P=0.006), menstruation lasting 7days or more (p=0.006) (OR, 1.09 CI, 0.50-2.38) and the age of first sexual contact 17 years or older (p=0.007) (OR, 2.84 CI, 1.44-5.59) had been mostly found in women diagnosed with endometriosis. Endometriosis was more common in women with heavy menstrual flow (p<0.001) (OR, 3.63CI, 2.29-5.76) or history of dysmenorrhe (p<0.001) (OR, 7.65 CI, 4.76-12.28)a. There was a correlation between BMI and Occurrence endometriosis up to the age of 29 in such a way that endometriosis was mostly associated with higher BMI.
Conclusion: Early menstrual characteristics and high BMI is more common in women with endometriosis.
Keywords: Endometriosis, Body mass index, Body shape, Menstrual characteristics, Dysmenorrhea