title: Nutrient intake, anthropometric data and correlations with the systemic antioxidant capacity of women with pelvic endometriosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease of uncertain etiology. There is currently insufficient evidence to assess the participation of nutritional and anthropometric aspects and their association with systemic oxidative stress.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five women with endometriosis and twenty controls were selected and evaluated to determine calorie and nutrient intake, to obtain data on body composition and analyze antioxidant capacity by measuring total serum thiol levels using DTNB (5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean total daily calorie intake in the women in the endometriosis group was significantly higher than that of the women in the control group (p=0.005). With respect to nutrient intake, the only statistically significant difference found referred to a higher intake of fiber in the endometriosis group and of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the control group (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nutrient intake by the women in the endometriosis group was similar to that of women in the control group, the only differences being a higher intake of fiber in the endometriosis group and of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the control group. Antioxidant capacity was lower in the women with endometriosis but there was no correlation with nutrient intake or overweight.
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luiza
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Savaris
authors.forename: Vivian F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: do Amaral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D000975:Antioxidants; D001823:Body Composition; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications; D002149:Energy Intake; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010388:Pelvis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated