INTRODUCTION A recent study at the Maroua Provincial Hospital revealed that hypertension in pregnancy was the first cause of maternal death, representing 17.5% of the 63 maternal deaths recorded between 2003 and 2005. Knowing little about the causes, this study was to identify the possible risk factors for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. METHODS This case-control study was-done at the Ma...

Ovarian granulosa cell tumour (GCT) is a rare malignancy, which has been linked to both infertility and infertility treatment with ovulation inducers. The reproductive features were analysed of 146 women with GCT diagnosed between 1956 and 1996. During the study period no changes were found in the mean age (53 years), menopausal status (59% postmenopausal), parity (32% nulliparous) or tumour si...

OBJECTIVE To assess success rates, modes of delivery following failure, complications of mothers and newborns, and effect of extractor station and parity on vacuum-assisted deliveries attended by family physicians. DESIGN Retrospective audit. SETTING Community hospital. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-five family physicians providing maternity care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Complications, parity, and ...

Disparate cultural practices suggest that small foot size may contribute to female attractiveness. Two hypotheses potentially explain such a pattern. Sexual dimorphism in foot size may lead observers to view small feet as feminine and large feet as masculine. Alternately, because small female feet index both youth and nulliparity, evolution may have favored a male preference for this attribute ...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. In the Moroccan context, the role of well-known reproductive factors in breast cancer remains poorly documented. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between menstrual and reproductive factors and breast cancer risk in Moroccan women in the Fez region. METHODS A case-control study was conducted at the Hass...

METHODS: Four-hundred-four unilateral reconstruction (336 immediate, 68 delayed) performed by a single surgeon between 2004 and 2016 were retrospectively analysed from a prospective data base. Age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), nulliparity or pluriparity condition, flap weight, mastectomy type, flap angiosomes, number of perforators and of venous anastomoses, recipient vessels selectio...

The study determined the sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of pregnant women which contribute to the risk of developing anaemia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 pregnant women attending their first antenatal visit at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital Antenatal Clinic. Anaemia was significantly associated (p < 0.05) with younger maternal age, parity, gravidity, trimes...

Camille Le Ray (1, 2, 3) (MD, MSc), François Audibert (1) (MD, MSc), François Goffinet (2, 3) (MD, PhD), William Fraser (1) (MD, MSc) (1) Sainte Justine Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montréal, QC, Canada (2) INSERM UMR S149, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women‟s Health, F-75014, Paris, France (3) Maternité Port Royal, Hôpital Cochin Sai...

During this century, Catholic sisters have remained constant in many life-style characteristics such as smoking and reproduction (Catholic sisters are nonsmoking and nulliparous). It is therefore of interest to compare trends in the health of elderly Catholic sisters to those in the general population. In this study, mortality rates at ages 50 to 84 years in a population of 2,573 Catholic siste...