Symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse: Prevalence and risk factors in a population-based, racially diverse cohort

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1396-1403

  Rortveit, Guri ^a   Brown, Jeanette S ^b   Thom, David H ^b   Van Den Eeden, Stephen K ^b   Creasman, Jennifer M ^b   Subak, Leslee L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UTERINE PROLAPSE;

EID: 34249881899     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000263469.68106.90     Document Type: Article

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