Is body mass index associated with the incidence of endometriosis and the severity of dysmenorrhoea: a case–control study in China?

Objective Endometriosis is considered as a serious gynaecological disease in women at a reproductive age. Lower body mass index (BMI) is thought to be a risk factor. However, recent studies indicated that women with normal BMI were also more likely to develop endometriosis, suggesting the associatio...

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Main Authors: Qi Chen, Yifei Gao, Yunhui Tang, Luling Lin, Mingzhi Zhao, George Qiaoqi Chen, Shouzhen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e037095.full