Association Between Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Body Mass Index and Time to Endometriosis Diagnosis
Disparities exist in the time to endometriosis diagnosis after pelvic and perineal pain diagnosis. Obesity, older age, Black race, and Hispanic ethnicity are associated with longer times from a pelvic pain diagnosis to an endometriosis diagnosis.
Authors
- Tommaso Falcone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6857-1780)
- Elliott G. Richards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7364-8604)
- Marisa R. Imbroane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8259-635X)
- Hanna Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5334-2838)
- Yasamin Fazeli
Institutions
- Twitter (United States) (US)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- O&G Open
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/og9.0000000000000072
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70