Henna-Riikka Rossi

observational 2025

Women with endometriosis have decreased health-related quality of life until late fertile age: a population-based cohort analysis at ages 31 and 46 years

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deaf154

STUDY QUESTION: What is the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at fertile and late fertile age in women with history of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women with endometriosis have lower HRQoL until late fertile age and depression, inf…

observational 2023

Increased overall morbidity in women with endometriosis: a population-based follow-up study until age 50

Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.09.361

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether there is an association between endometriosis and nongynecological diseases in the general female population by age 50? DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: Study participants with and without end…

lab-animal 2021

Decidualized endometrial stromal cells present with altered androgen response in PCOS

Scientific reports ·doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95705-0

Hyperandrogenic women with PCOS show disrupted decidualization (DE) and placentation. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is reported to enhance DE in non-PCOS endometrial stromal cells (eSCCtrl); however, this has not been assessed in PCOS cells (eS…

observational 2018

The Long-Term Footprint of Endometriosis: Population-Based Cohort Analysis Reveals Increased Pain Symptoms and Decreased Pain Tolerance at Age 46 Years

The journal of pain ·doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2018.02.005

UNLABELLED: Previous studies have shown increased pain sensitivity in fertile-aged women with endometriosis in response to mechanical stimuli. As yet, population-based studies on the association of endometriosis with pain sensation and pain…