title: Body weight gain during adulthood and uterine myomas: Pró-Saúde Study.
abstract: This study intended to investigate whether body weight gain during adulthood is associated with uterine myomas. 1,560 subjects were evaluated in a Pró-Saúde Study. Weight gain was evaluated in a continuous fashion and also in quintiles. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated through logistic regression models that were adjusted for education levels, color/race, body mass indices at age 20, age of menarche, parity, use of oral contraceptive methods, smoking, health insurance, and the Papanicolaou tests. No relevant differences were observed regarding the presence of uterine myomas among weight gain quintiles in that studied population.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Karine de Lima Sírio
authors.initials: Kde L
authors.lastname: Boclin
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Pelegrini
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Faerstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008572:Menarche; D008875:Middle Aged; D009214:Myoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D015430:Weight Gain; D016387:Women's Health; D055815:Young Adult