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. 2024 Aug;310(2):1235-1243.
doi: 10.1007/s00404-024-07589-w. Epub 2024 Jun 11.

Pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes among women with PCOS and endometriosis: a population database cohort

Sara Ismail  1 , Claudia Majdell  2 , Ahmed Badgheish  3 , Haitham Baghlaf  4 , Michael H Dahan  5
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Pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes among women with PCOS and endometriosis: a population database cohort

Sara Ismail et al. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: PCOS and endometriosis are independent risk factors for perinatal outcomes. Little research has evaluated the concomitant effects of these conditions, nor have studies been conducted on a population database. We sought to identify the pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis vs. PCOS without endometriosis.

Methods: A retrospective population-based cohort study was performed extracting data using ICD-9 codes from the HCUP-NIS Database from 2004 to 2014. Endometriosis in women with PCOS represented the study group (n = 163), and the remaining PCOS, non-endometriosis patients constituted the reference group (n = 14,719). Subjects were included once per delivery. Demographics were compared using chi-squared tests. Confounding effects in pregnancy outcomes were controlled using binary logistic regression analysis.

Results: Concomitant endometriosis and PCOS patients were more likely to be white (88.5% vs.71.0%, p < 0.001), with BMI < 30 kg/m2 (87.1% vs.77.8%, p < 0.004) and from lower income quartiles (27.1% vs.17.1%, p < 0.017) when compared to PCOS without endometriosis. Comparing pregnancy complication rates, placental abruption (p < 0.018, aOR 3.01, 95% CI 1.21-7.50), Cesarean section (p < 0.003, aOR 1.75, 95% CI 1.21-2.53), deep venous thromboses (p < 0.002, aOR 74.31, 95% CI 4.57-1209.21), and venous thromboembolic events (p < 0.031, aOR 10.40, 95% CI 1.24-87.37), were increased in the study group compared to the reference group.

Conclusion: Women with PCOS and endometriosis were more likely to be white, of lower socioeconomic status, lean, and experience abruptio-placenta, cesarean deliveries, and venous thromboembolisms. Since little was previously known about the combined outcomes of PCOS and endometriosis, it is difficult to counsel patients on risks. Our findings can help clinicians manage pregnant PCOS patients with endometriosis to minimize complications such as abruptio placenta and VTE.

Keywords: Endometriosis; Neonatal outcomes; Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS); Pregnancy outcomes.

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