title: Is there a relationship between endometrial polyps and obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of our study was to evaluate the relationship between endometrial polyps and obesity, diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT).
  
  
  METHODS
  202 patients who applied to our gynecology clinic with complaints of infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss and abnormal uterine bleeding, diagnosed to have endometrial polyps by hysteroscopy, were compared with 79 patients without polyps, retrospectively. The relationships between risk factors and presence of a polyp and polyp size were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of cases with endometrial polyps was significantly greater than the controls. The mean body mass index (BMI) of the cases with polyps was also significantly greater than the controls. There was no significant difference between groups with respect to prevalence of DM or HT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study suggests that obesity is an independent risk factor in the development of endometrial polyps. Clinicians should be aware in terms of endometrial polyps in the assessment of patients with BMI ≥30. There was no relationship between HT or DM with presence of polyps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serhat
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cogendez
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.forename: Mehmet Resit
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Asoglu
authors.forename: Petek F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Arioglu
authors.forename: Sadiye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*