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All women aged 18\u201345 years scheduled for their first diagnostic laparoscopy for gynecologic indications were enrolled. Participants completed a previously validated self\u2010administered questionnaire. Endometriosis was diagnosed on the basis of visual evidence.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 239 women analyzed, 115 (48.1%) had endometriotic lesions. Endometriosis was more common among women reporting dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain than among those not reporting these symptoms (20\/28 [71.4%] vs 95\/211 [45.0%];\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.009). Women who reported dysmenorrhea were significantly more likely to have endometriosis than were those without dysmenorrhea (90\/171 [52.6%] vs 25\/68 [36.8%];\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.027). The risk of endometriosis was not significantly increased in women with one pain symptom (odds ratio [OR]1.69; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.67\u20134.27), but was significantly increased in women with two (OR 2.70; 95% CI 1.13\u20136.52) or three (OR 4.87; 95% CI 1.88\u201312.82) pain symptoms (\u03c7\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      <jats:sub>trend<\/jats:sub>\n                      = 15.5;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). In a multivariate logistic regression model, only pain other than dysmenorrhea or dyspareunia independently predicted endometriosis (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.017).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Endometriosis is fairly common among Nigerian women. Efforts to increase the awareness of endometriosis among the public, researchers, and clinicians are needed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijgo.2015.02.030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,25]],"date-time":"2015-04-25T23:03:37Z","timestamp":1430003017000},"page":"190-194","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Endometriosis and associated symptoms among Nigerian women"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"130","author":[{"given":"Adeniran O.","family":"Fawole","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Folasade A.","family":"Bello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Olayinka","family":"Ogunbode","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Akin\u2010Tunde A.","family":"Odukogbe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gerald C.","family":"Nkwocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kelechi E.","family":"Nnoaham","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Krina T.","family":"Zondervan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adesina","family":"Akintan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rukiyat A.","family":"Abdus\u2010Salam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael A.","family":"Okunlola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,4,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMcp1000274"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/det050"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/dei135"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02761.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bpobgyn.2004.01.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/humrep\/det120"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00404-007-0479-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0029-7844(95)00074-2"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/aje\/kwh275"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_11_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(71)90689-2"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_6_12_2","first-page":"201","article-title":"Endometriosis among the Hausa\/Fulani population of Nigeria","volume":"31","author":"Ekwempu C.C.","year":"1979","journal-title":"Trop Geogr Med"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0020-7292(87)90183-4"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_6_14_2","first-page":"233","article-title":"Minkande Jze, Foumane P, Doh AS. 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