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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2020

Hormonal Contraceptive Treatment May Reduce the Risk of Fibromyalgia in Women with Dysmenorrhea: A Cohort Study.

Cheng-Hao Tu, Cheng-Li Lin, Su-Tso Yang, Wei-Chih Shen, Yi-Hung Chen

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Hao TuGraduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7695-5570
Cheng-Li LinManagement Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404332, Taiwan.
Su-Tso YangDepartment of Medical Imaging, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404332, Taiwan.
Wei-Chih ShenCenter of Augmented Intelligence in Healthcare, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404332, Taiwan.
Yi-Hung ChenGraduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung 404333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8946-7939
China Medical University · TWAsia University · TW

Funding

China Medical University, Taiwan CMU 102-ASIA-19China Medical University, Taiwan CMU 107-N-24China Medical University, Taiwan CMU 108-MF-03China Medical University, Taiwan CMU 109-MF-56Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 106-2314-B-039-012Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 107-2314-B-039-058-MY2Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 109-2320-B-039-043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is the most common gynecological disorder for women in the reproductive age. Study has indicated that dysmenorrhea might be a general risk factor of chronic pelvic pain and even chronic non-pelvic pain, such as fibromyalgia. We used the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000 from the Taiwan National Health Research Institutes Database to investigate whether women with dysmenorrhea have a higher risk of fibromyalgia and whether treatment of dysmenorrhea reduced the risk of fibromyalgia. The dysmenorrhea cohort was matched with a non-dysmenorrhea cohort at a 1:1 ratio based on gender, age, and the year of entry study by frequency matching. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to assess the risk of fibromyalgia, with controlling for potential confounding variables such as age, comorbidities, and medication use. After controlling confounding variables, results revealed that women with dysmenorrhea have a significantly higher risk of fibromyalgia than women without dysmenorrhea. However, only treatment of dysmenorrhea with hormonal contraceptives reduce the risk of fibromyalgia. These results indicated that dysmenorrhea may be a risk factor of fibromyalgia, whereas personalized medicine for treatment of dysmenorrhea may be the key to reduce the risk of fibromyalgia. Future studies are needed to identify the causes and prevention strategies in detail.

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dysmenorrheafibromyalgiahormonal contraceptivesrisk factor

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PMID33327434
PMCPMC7768424
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