Endometriosis and cardiovascular disease : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis is a benign, estrogen-dependent, chronic inflammatory disease and is the commonest cause of chronic pelvic pain in younger women. Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death worldwide. Because the relationship between endometriosis and CV disease is not well established, we performed a systematic review of longitudinal studies that assessed the occurrence of cardiovascular events in women with endometriosis compared to those without endometriosis.

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review with meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort/nested case-control studies with endometriosis patients and controls. A search was conducted of the MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and Embase databases from inception to November 2022. Random-effects meta-analysis was performed to estimate pooled hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % confidence intervals (95%CI).

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Cardiovascular outcomes such as ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease.

RESULTS: Six cohort studies were included, with a total of 254,929 participants. Meta-analysis showed that endometriosis was associated with a significantly increased risk of ischemic heart disease (HR 1.50, 95%CI 1.37-1.65; I2 = 0 %) and cerebrovascular disease (HR 1.17, 95%CI 1.07-1.29; I2 = 0 %). The one study that examined the relationship between cardiovascular mortality and endometriosis found a decreased risk in women with endometriosis relative to women without endometriosis (HR 0.55 (95%CI 0.47-0.65)).

CONCLUSIONS: Endometriosis is associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, namely ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Further studies are required to determine if endometriosis and/or its treatments are risk factors (particularly for cardiovascular mortality), and whether preventive measures could reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in women with endometriosis. Study protocol registered at PROSPERO: CRD42022298830.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:171

Enthalten in:

Maturitas - 171(2023) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 45-52

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Poeta do Couto, Celina [VerfasserIn]
Policiano, Catarina [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Fausto J [VerfasserIn]
Brito, Dulce [VerfasserIn]
Caldeira, Daniel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cardiovascular disease
Endometriosis
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Meta-analysis
Myocardial infarction
Stroke
Systematic Review
Systematic review

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Date Completed 25.04.2023

Date Revised 25.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.04.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355793717