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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2018

The risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in women with uterine fibroids.

Yentl C Haan, Frederieke S Diemer, Lisa Van Der Woude, Gert A Van Montfrans, Glenn P Oehlers, Lizzy M Brewster

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Body Mass Index and Uterine Fibroid Development: A Prospective Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yentl C HaanDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8238-2342
Frederieke S DiemerDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Lisa Van Der WoudeDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Gert A Van MontfransDepartment of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Glenn P OehlersDepartment of Cardiology, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
Lizzy M BrewsterDepartment of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7434-0038
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLAcademic Hospital Paramaribo · SR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Women with fibroids have a notably high hypertension risk. However, adjusted data regarding other cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are scarce. In this cross-sectional study, CVD risk factors, hemodynamic parameters, and asymptomatic organ damage were analyzed between women with uterine fibroids and controls in a multi-ethnic population. In total, 104 women with self-reported fibroids and 624 controls were included. Women with fibroids had significantly higher odds to have hypertension (OR 3.4; 95% CI 2.2-5.2), diabetes (1.7; 1.0-2.9), and hypercholesterolemia (1.8; 1.1-3.2). After adjustment for confounders, only the odds ratio for hypertension was significant (1.8; 1.1-3.1). Asymptomatic organ damage occurred significantly more often in women with fibroids (66.7%; 95% CI 55.8%-77.6% vs 42.9%; 38.0-47.8 in controls), especially in the younger age group (respectively 48.5%; 31.1%-65.9% vs 22.1%; 17.0-27.2). In this study, women with fibroids had a remarkably high hypertension risk compared to controls, with more asymptomatic organ damage, in particular young women.

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AdultAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansHypertensionLeiomyomaMiddle AgedPrevalenceRisk AssessmentSelf ReportYoung Adultcardiovascular diseasehypertensionrisk factorsuterine fibroidswomen's health

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PMID29569360
PMCPMC8030762
OpenAlexW2789350931

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