Endometriosis and Fibroids Linked to Long-Term Premature Mortality Risk, finds research

Researchers have established that endometriosis and uterine fibroids significantly raise long-term risks of premature mortality, or death before the age of 70. These associations are not limited to reproductive ages; they include highly increased risks of death from cancers of the female genital system, diseases of the respiratory system outside cancer, and nervous system disorders. A recent study was conducted by Wang YX. and colleagues which was published in the BMJ journal.
It was an observational cohort study of the Nurses' Health Study II in the United States from 1989 to 2019. The data were collected for the analysis of premature death effects of such conditions. The prospective cohort study included 110,091 women, aged 25-42 years in 1989, who did not have a history of hysterectomy before diagnosis of endometriosis or fibroids, cardiovascular diseases, or cancer. Over the 27.2 years of follow-up, data were collected from biennial questionnaires and analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models to estimate hazard ratios for total and cause-specific premature mortality.
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