Deep Shah

ORCID: 0000-0001-6280-3819 · 2 papers in corpus

observational 2013

Body size and endometriosis: results from 20 years of follow-up within the Nurses' Health Study II prospective cohort

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/det120

STUDY QUESTION: Is there a relationship between body mass index (BMI), body shape and endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Endometriosis is inversely associated with early adult BMI and may correlate with a peripheral body fat distribution. WHA…

observational 2012

Plasma adipokines and endometriosis risk: a prospective nested case-control investigation from the Nurses' Health Study II

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des411

STUDY QUESTION: Do higher leptin levels and lower adiponectin levels predict subsequent development of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Plasma leptin and adiponectin levels were not associated with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis wh…