Unfavorable lipid profile in women with endometriosis.
Similar to dyslipidemia, the oxidative stress and intrinsic inflammatory status may be associated with the development of endometriosis. Thus, we performed a cross-sectional study and found that women with endometriosis had an increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels compared with controls presumably without endometriosis.
Melo
Anderson Sanches
AS
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, 14048 400 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Rosa-e-Silva
Julio César
JC
Rosa-e-Silva
Ana Carolina Japur de Sá
AC
Poli-Neto
Omero Benedicto
OB
Ferriani
Rui Alberto
RA
Vieira
Carolina Sales
CS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D055442:Metabolome / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism; D055815:Young Adult
D008055:Lipids; D002784:Cholesterol