title: Retracted: Attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: a case-control study.
abstract: To evaluate physical attractiveness in women with and without endometriosis.
  
  
  
  Case-control study.
  
  
  
  Academic hospital.
  
  
  
  Three hundred nulliparous women.
  
  
  
  Assessment of attractiveness by four independent female and male observers.
  
  
  
  A graded attractiveness rating scale.
  
  
  
  A total of 31 of 100 women in the rectovaginal endometriosis group (cases) were judged as attractive or very attractive, compared with 8 of 100 in the peritoneal and ovarian endometriosis group and 9 of 100 in the group of subjects without endometriosis. A higher proportion of cases first had intercourse before age 18 (53%, 39%, and 30%, respectively). The mean ± SD body mass index in women with rectovaginal endometriosis, in those with other disease forms, and in those without endometriosis was, respectively, 21.0 ± 2.5, 21.3 ± 3.3, and 22.1 ± 3.6. The median (interquartile range) waist-to-hip ratio and breast-to-underbreast ratio were, respectively, 0.75 (0.71-0.81), 0.76 (0.71-0.81), and 0.78 (0.73-0.83), and 1.15 (1.12-1.20), 1.14 (1.10-1.17), and 1.15 (1.11-1.18).
  
  
  
  Women with rectovaginal endometriosis were judged to be more attractive than those in the two control groups. Moreover, they had a leaner silhouette, larger breasts, and an earlier coitarche.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Istituto "Luigi Mangiagalli," Università degli Studi, and Fondazione IRCCS "Ca' Granda"-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.vercellini@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vercellini
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Istituto "Luigi Mangiagalli," Università degli Studi, and Fondazione IRCCS "Ca' Granda"-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buggio
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Istituto "Luigi Mangiagalli," Università degli Studi, and Fondazione IRCCS "Ca' Granda"-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Somigliana
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Istituto "Luigi Mangiagalli," Università degli Studi, and Fondazione IRCCS "Ca' Granda"-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giussy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barbara
authors.affiliation: Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Viganò
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica, Istituto "Luigi Mangiagalli," Università degli Studi, and Fondazione IRCCS "Ca' Granda"-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fedele
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D019529:Sexuality; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio