Jia Rui Hou
Wenting Chen
Rui Wang
*The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Systems Endocrinology
Volume 15 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1450965
Cardiometabolic index and risk of endometriosis in a US nationally representative sample: results from NHANES 1999-2006
Provisionally accepted- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
BACKGROUND：Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent gynecological endocrine condition and a systemic inflammatory disease associated to improper lipid metabolism and increased cardiovascular risk. The Cardiometabolic Index (CMI) is a novel indicator representing visceral adipose tissue distribution and metabolic dysfunction, integrating lipid metabolism indicators and the waist-to-height ratio. While anomalies in lipid metabolism are often associated with (BMI) Body Mass Index, literature consistently shows a negative link between endometriosis and female BMI, and some studies have found that endometriosis is one of the few reproductive diseases not persistently positively correlated with obesity. Given the limitations of BMI, a comprehensive
Keywords: Endometriosis, Cardiometabolic index, Epidemiology, Cross-sectional study, NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)
Received: 18 Jun 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Rui Wang, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
xuchun huang, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Xiaojing Cao, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
Xiaoyun Wang, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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