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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e037095.full |
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