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Participating women were ages 35\u201349 and were randomly selected from the membership rolls of a prepaid health plan. Women were asked to provide detailed health information including a symptom questionnaire with questions about DD and to have a study ultrasound to screen for fibroids \u22650.5 cm in diameter. The analysis included 827 women, after restriction to participants who were premenopausal with an intact uterus, sexually active, completed the symptom questionnaire, and had fibroid status adequately assessed. Logistic regression was conducted to estimate the adjusted prevalence odds ratio (aPOR) for the association of DD with presence of fibroids after adjusting for age, ethnicity, education, depression, physical activity, parity, and pelvic pathology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our main outcome measures were the presence and severity of DD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The presence of fibroids was significantly associated with DD (aPOR = 1.7 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1, 2.5). The aPOR was stronger for severe DD, DD that interfered with normal activity \u201csome\u201d or \u201ca lot\u201d (aPOR = 3.1 95% CI 1.2, 8.2). However, there was not a significant dose response relationship between fibroid burden (measured by uterine volume) and DD. Fundal fibroids were more strongly associated with DD than other fibroids. Additional factors associated with significantly elevated odds of DD were parity, depression, younger age, and pelvic pathology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results suggest that fibroids are associated with DD. The association may not be causal but may reflect shared etiology and\/or pathologic pathways.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jsm.12425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,1,28]],"date-time":"2014-01-28T04:49:12Z","timestamp":1390884552000},"page":"800-808","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Examining the Relationship Between Uterine Fibroids and Dyspareunia Among Premenopausal Women in the United States"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Malana","family":"Moshesh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"NIH, Epidemiology Branch \u00a0 , , NC , Italy"},{"name":"National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences \u00a0 , , NC , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew F.","family":"Olshan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology \u00a0 , Chapel Hill, NC , Italy"},{"name":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School 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