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Smoking may up risk of pelvic organ prolapse.(Gynecology)
ATLANTA -- Tobacco smoking is an independent risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse, data from the Pelvic Organ Support Study suggest.
The findings from this multicenter, cross-sectional, observational study--known as POSST--contrast with those from the Women's Health Initiative, which suggested that smoking was protective against pelvic organ prolapse, Cecilia K. Wieslander, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society.
Of 906 women included in the POSST analysis, 773 were nonsmokers (including 173 former smokers), and 133 were current smokers. On multivariate analysis, smoking was an independent, noninteractive risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse of stage II or greater (odds ratio 2.37), said Dr. Wieslander, a fellow in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Even among nulliparous smokers, the prevalence of prolapse was ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Smoking may up risk of pelvic organ prolapse.(Gynecology)