Authors: Francesca Chiaffarino Francesca Bravi Sonia Cipriani Fabio Parazzini Elena Ricci Paola Viganò Carlo La Vecchia
Publish Date: 2014/01/31
Volume: 53, Issue: 7, Pages: 1573-1579
Abstract
The potential association between endometriosis and coffee/caffeine consumption has been analysed in several epidemiological studies In order to establish whether caffeine influences the risk of endometriosis we provide to summarize the evidence from published studies on this issueWe identified a total eight studies six case–control and two cohort studies including a total of 1407 women with endometriosis The summary RR for any versus nonconsumption were 126 95 confidence interval CI 095–166 for caffeine and 113 95 CI 046–276 for coffee consumption the overall estimate was 118 95 CI 092–149 The summary RR were 109 95 CI 084–142 and 109 95 CI 089–133 for high and low caffeine consumption as compared to no consumption respectively
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