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Are body size across the life course and adult height associated with endometriosis?

Endometriosis is associated with lean body size during childhood, adolescence and adulthood; tall total adult height; and tall sitting height.

The literature suggests that both adult body size and height are associated with endometriosis risk, but few studies have investigated the role of body size across the life course. Additionally, no study has investigated the relationships between components of height and endometriosis.

We used a nested case-control design within E3N (Etude Epidémiologique auprès de femmes de l'Education Nationale), a prospective cohort of French women. Data were updated every 2–3 years through self-administered …