Annals of epidemiology
Ann Epidemiol
· ISSN (print) 1047-2797
· 18 papers in corpus
observational
2022
PURPOSE: To evaluate the relationships among history of asthma, asthma severity, and spontaneous abortion (SAB). METHODS: Pregnancy Study Online is a preconception cohort study of North American couples. During the preconception period, fe…
meta-analysis
2022
BACKGROUND: Associations between benign gynecologic pathologies and circulating inflammatory markers are unknown. Our goal was to evaluate self-reported history of benign gynecologic pathology and subsequent alterations in systemic inflamma…
observational
2022
PURPOSE: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the reproductive, gastrointestinal, and urinary systems. We examined changes in labor force participation amongst women with endometriosis following diagnosis. METHODS: We …
observational
2022
PURPOSE: To prospectively examine the association between time-to-pregnancy (TTP) and postpartum depression (PPD) and determine whether perceived stress during early pregnancy mediated this association. METHODS: In Pregnancy Study Online, …
2020
observational
2016
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between menstrual cycle characteristics in early life and adulthood and fecundability. METHODS: Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO) is an Internet-based preconception cohort study …
observational
2016
PURPOSE: To examine the association between periconceptional self-reported stress levels and fecundability in women. METHODS: Daily stress was reported on a scale from 1 to 4 (lowest to highest) among 400 women who completed daily diaries …
observational
2014
PURPOSE: Poor and disparate reproductive health outcomes in the United States may be related to inadequate and differential receipt of women's health care. We investigated trends in and determinants of adult U.S. women's health service use,…
meta-analysis
2013
Assessment of cortisol concentrations in hair is one of the latest innovations for measuring long-term cortisol exposure. We performed a systematic review of correlates of cortisol in human hair to inform the design, analysis, and interpret…
observational
2011
PURPOSE: Age at menopause, a major marker in the reproductive life, may bias results for evaluation of breast cancer risk after menopause. METHODS: We followed 38,948 premenopausal women in 1980 and identified 2,586 who reported hysterecto…
observational
2011
PURPOSE: Physical activity may influence ovarian cancer risk and outcomes through effects on ovulation, inflammatory markers, and other processes. We examined associations between self-reported physical activity and ovarian cancer risk and …
other
2011
observational
2007
PURPOSE: This study investigated whether the association between passive smoking exposure and primary dysmenorrhea is modified by two susceptibility genes, cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1)MspI and CYP1A1HincII. METHODS: We recruited 1645 femal…
observational
2007
PURPOSE: We examined the association between endometriosis and exposure to polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) among women inadvertently exposed to PBBs in 1973. METHODS: Serum PBBs and PCBs were measured i…
2003
observational
2002
PURPOSE: Primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease with female predominance that leads to liver failure. The goal of this study was to identify reproductive risk factors associated with this disease. METHODS: We compared 182 cases…
observational
1997
PURPOSE: Risk factors for endometriosis were identified through data obtained from a case-control study at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. METHODS: Cases were 50 women with infertility-associated endometriosis. The p…
observational
1991
This study reports the descriptive epidemiology of hysterectomy in the Province of Quebec, Canada, from 1981 to 1988. Data on hysterectomies (n = 150,849) among women 15 years and older were obtained from MED-ECHO, a computerized database o…