OBJECTIVES This study assessed the relationship between risk factors for cervical cancer and Papanicolaou (Pap) test use within the past year among reproductive-age women. METHODS The 1995 National Survey of Family Growth, a demographic and reproductive health survey of 10 847 women aged 15 to 44, was analyzed with multiple logistic regression. RESULTS Of the women, 62% reported having had ...

Objective: To assess whether the quality of early childhood environments among different groups of Bangladeshi women, including migrants to the UK, contributes to variation in ovarian reserve and the rate of reproductive ageing in later life. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: London (UK) and Sylhet town, NE Bangladesh. Patients: 179 healthy women volunteers aged 35-59 divided into four gr...

BACKGROUND Although the positive relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and central obesity is well known, the direct relationship between waist circumference and IR is not clear yet and there is no consensus regarding the cut off value for waist circumference as a surrogate index for central obesity. The present study was aimed to determine the optimal cut-off value of waist circumferenc...

Introduction: The study aimed to investigate the onset time and the electromyographic activity level of the selected lower limbs muscles in active and inactive aged women. Methods: in this case-control study, 28 aged women with a mean age of 61.07±0.88 were selected in two groups of inactive (15 people) and active (13 people). The electrical activity of the selected muscles of the lower l...

OBJECTIVE To describe trends in hospitalizations with a diagnosis of substance abuse among reproductive-age women from 1998-2003. METHODS Data were obtained from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Hospitalizations with a diagnosis of substance abuse were categorized into subgroups by age, primary expected payer, substance-specific diagnoses, concomitance,...

Objective: To demonstrate the genital cleansing habit and associating factors among reproductive-aged Thai women. Materials Methods: The survey was conducted at Siriraj Hospital between June September 2022 (COA no. Si 370/2022). Twenty patient unit wards 20 office units were randomly selected. Only active female staff aged 18-50 approached. exclusion criteria included medical students doctors, ...

BACKGROUND The genital complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge is common in South Asia. We describe the risk factors for the incidence of the complaint in women of reproductive age. Method Population-based cohort study in Goa, India. Out of 3000 randomly selected women, 2494 women participated. The outcome was an incident case of the complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge at 6 months (T1) and ...

Recurrent pregnancy loss is usually defined as the loss of two or more consecutive pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation, which occurs in approximately 5% of reproductive-aged women. It has been suggested that women with thrombophilia have an increased risk of pregnancy loss and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. Thrombophilia is an important predisposition to blood clot formation and is cons...