A prospective study on the association between red hair color and endometriosis in infertile patients
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Objective To determine if red-haired infertile women have an increased prevalence of endometriosis.Design Prospective, nonblinded.Setting Large, metropolitan, private hospital, associated with a university. Subspeciality care provided by reproductive endocrinologists.Patients One hundred forty-three consecutive women undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy for infertility.Interventions Laser ablation of any endometriosis present.Main outcome measure Presence of endometriosis.Results Of 143 women entered into the study, 12 had natural red hair. The ages of these women ranged between 23 and 41 years. Ten of 12 (83%) of the red-haired women were found to have endometriosis compared with 55 of 131 (42%) of nonredheads. By statistical analysis, the 95% confidence intervals for the presence of endometriosis in redheads was 55% to 100% versus 34% to 51% for nonredheads.Conclusion The results suggest an association between the occurrence of natural red hair and those factors that lead to the development of endometriosis.
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Hair and eye color are associated with endometriosis.
“Two questions on hair and eye color, previously associated with endometriosis (71–75) and possibly useful in marking genetic subpopulations, are also included.”
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- Authors
- Woodworth, S. H., Singh, M., Yussman, M. A., Sanfilippo, J. S., Cook, C. L., & Lincoln, S. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Louisville (US)
- Venue
- Fertility and Sterility
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-09
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 651-652
- ISSN
- 0015-0282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W203536458
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Fertility and Sterility (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management
- Keywords
- red hair, endometriosis, female infertility, hair color, genetic susceptibility, laparoscopic surgery
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Endometriosis, Female, Hair Color, Humans, Infertility, Female, Prospective Studies, Laser Therapy
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