ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2013
Dairy-food, calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D intake and endometriosis: a prospective cohort study.
Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06289257 (Analysis of Vitamin D and VDR Expression in Women With Advanced Endometriosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 86 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Analysis of Vitamin D and VDR Expression in Women With Advanced Endometriosis: A Case-Control Study in Thailand
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 218 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Overview of Essential Nutritional Strategies and Products in the Treatment of Endometriosis.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Food groups and nutrients consumption and risk of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Nutrition journal · 2022Pooled it
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- Relationship Between Dairy Products Intake and Risk of Endometriosis: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Vitamin D and assisted reproduction technologies: current concepts.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2014Pooled it
- Response of Vitamin D after Magnesium Intervention in a Postmenopausal Population from the Province of Granada, Spain.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Supplementation with vitamin D or ω-3 fatty acids in adolescent girls and young women with endometriosis (SAGE): a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- Effects of Vitamin D on Endometriosis-Related Pain: A Double-Blind Clinical Trial.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016Trial
- Predictive markers of endometriosis: a future perspective.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2026Review
- Causal effects of endometriosis on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D: Evidence from Mendelian randomization study.Medicine · 2026Article
- The Role of Dietary Supplements in the Treatment of Endometriosis: A Critical Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- A cross-sectional study investigating the impact of dietary vitamin D intake and fortification in Jordanian adults with type 2 diabetes.Food & nutrition research · 2026Article
- Harnessing diet to modulate inflammation and symptom progression in endometriosis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Nutrition and Endometriosis: Current Evidence on Dietary Risk Factors and Clinical Impact - A Narrative Review.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Clinical value of preoperative serum calcium level in predicting deep infiltrative endometriosis among ovarian endometrioma.Annals of medicine · 2025Observational
- 1,25-Dihydroxy vitamin DAnnals of medicine · 2025Article
- Mediterranean diet adherence and healthy diet indicator might decrease odds of endometriosis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Understanding Endometriosis: A Broad Review of Its Causes, Management, and Impact.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Plant-Based Diets and Personalized Nutrition in Endometriosis Management: A Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Dietary factors and risk for endometriosis: a Mendelian randomization analysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2025Article
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Abstract
The etiology of endometriosis is poorly understood, and few modifiable risk factors have been identified. Dairy foods and some nutrients can modulate inflammatory and immune factors, which are altered in women with endometriosis. We investigated whether intake of dairy foods, nutrients concentrated in dairy foods, and predicted plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were associated with incident laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis among 70,556 US women in Nurses' Health Study II. Diet was assessed via food frequency questionnaire. A score for predicted 25(OH)D level was calculated for each participant. During 737,712 person-years of follow-up over a 14-year period (1991-2005), 1,385 cases of incident laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis were reported. Intakes of total and low-fat dairy foods were associated with a lower risk of endometriosis. Women consuming more than 3 servings of total dairy foods per day were 18% less likely to be diagnosed with endometriosis than those reporting 2 servings per day (rate ratio = 0.82, 95% confidence interval: 0.71, 0.95; P(trend) = 0.03). In addition, predicted plasma 25(OH)D level was inversely associated with endometriosis. Women in the highest quintile of predicted vitamin D level had a 24% lower risk of endometriosis than women in the lowest quintile (rate ratio = 0.76, 95% confidence interval: 0.60, 0.97; P(trend) = 0.004). Our findings suggest that greater predicted plasma 25(OH)D levels and higher intake of dairy foods are associated with a decreased risk of endometriosis.
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