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The Prevalence of Adenomyosis and Endometriosis in an Ultra‐Religious Jewish Population
Author(s) -
Bocker Jaron,
Tadmor Ofer P.,
Gal Michael,
Diamant Yoram Z.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1994.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - adenomyosis , endometriosis , incidence (geometry) , etiology , medicine , gynecology , population , hysterectomy , obstetrics , judaism , heredity , demography , surgery , environmental health , geography , biology , physics , archaeology , sociology , optics , genetics
In view of increasing incidence of adenomyosis and endometriosis reported in recent years, we evaluated the incidence of these disorders in a unique ultra‐orthodox Jewish population over the past 20 years by reviewing 1,434 hysterectomy specimens. The incidence of adenomyosis among the hysterectomy specimens decreased from 15.14% in the first 10 years of the period studied, to 9.24% in the second decade (p<0.05). The incidence of endometriosis remained unchanged, and was very low (1.12%) compared to published data. Our findings highlight the possible effects of heredity, religious and social behavior on the etiology of endometriosis.