title: The prevalence of adenomyosis and endometriosis in an ultra-religious Jewish population.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaarei Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bocker
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Tadmor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Diamant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged