Differences in characteristics among 1,000 women with endometriosis based on extent of disease.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between disease severity and patient characteristics in endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research setting. PATIENT(S): One thousand women in the Oxford Endometriosis Gene (OXEGENE) study. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Participants were assigned to one of two groups with predominantly revised AFS stage I-II (group I, n = 423) or III-IV disease (group II, n = 517). Their chara...

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Authors: Sinaii, N; Plumb, K; Cotton, L; Lambert, A; Kennedy, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Fertility and sterility
• Volume: 89
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 538-545
• Publication date: 2008-03-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.069
• EISSN: 1556-5653
• ISSN: 0015-0282
• Language: English
• Keywords: Odds Ratio; Abortion, Therapeutic; Severity of Illness Index; Birth Rate; Pelvic Pain; Time Factors; Canada; Questionnaires; Humans; Endometriosis; Ovarian Neoplasms; Infertility, Female; Female; Dyspareunia; Cross-Sectional Studies; New Zealand; Retrospective Studies; Australia; Dysmenorrhea; United States; Europe; Adult; Age Factors; Pain Measurement; Abortion, Spontaneous