TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of human immunodeficiency virus on protracted amenorrhea and ovarian dysfunction
AU - Cejtin, Helen E.
AU - Kalinowski, Ann
AU - Bacchetti, Peter
AU - Taylor, Robert N.
AU - Watts, D. Heather
AU - Kim, Seijeoung
AU - Massad, L. Stewart
AU - Preston-Martin, Susan
AU - Anastos, Kathryn
AU - Moxley, Michael
AU - Minkoff, Howard L.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To characterize ovarian failure and prolonged amenorrhea from other causes in women who are both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive and seronegative. METHODS: This was a cohort study nested in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a multicenter U.S. study of HIV infection in women. Prolonged amenorrhea was defined as no vaginal bleeding for at least 1 year. A serum follicle stimulating hormone more than 25 milli-International Units/mL and prolonged amenorrhea were used to define ovarian failure. Logistic regressions, χ, and t tests were performed to estimate relationships between HIV-infection and cofactors with both ovarian failure and amenorrhea from other causes. RESULTS: Results were available for 1,431 women (1,139 HIV seropositive and 292 seronegative). More than one half of the HIV positive women with prolonged amenorrhea of at least 1 year did not have ovarian failure. When adjusted for age, HIV seropositive women were about three times more likely than seronegative women to have prolonged amenorrhea without ovarian failure. Body mass index, serum albumin, and parity were all negatively associated with ovarian failure in HIV seropositive women. CONCLUSION: HIV serostatus is associated with prolonged amenorrhea. It is difficult to ascertain whether the cause of prolonged amenorrhea is ovarian in HIV-infected women without additional testing.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To characterize ovarian failure and prolonged amenorrhea from other causes in women who are both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositive and seronegative. METHODS: This was a cohort study nested in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, a multicenter U.S. study of HIV infection in women. Prolonged amenorrhea was defined as no vaginal bleeding for at least 1 year. A serum follicle stimulating hormone more than 25 milli-International Units/mL and prolonged amenorrhea were used to define ovarian failure. Logistic regressions, χ, and t tests were performed to estimate relationships between HIV-infection and cofactors with both ovarian failure and amenorrhea from other causes. RESULTS: Results were available for 1,431 women (1,139 HIV seropositive and 292 seronegative). More than one half of the HIV positive women with prolonged amenorrhea of at least 1 year did not have ovarian failure. When adjusted for age, HIV seropositive women were about three times more likely than seronegative women to have prolonged amenorrhea without ovarian failure. Body mass index, serum albumin, and parity were all negatively associated with ovarian failure in HIV seropositive women. CONCLUSION: HIV serostatus is associated with prolonged amenorrhea. It is difficult to ascertain whether the cause of prolonged amenorrhea is ovarian in HIV-infected women without additional testing.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000245442.29969.5c
DO - 10.1097/01.AOG.0000245442.29969.5c
M3 - Article
C2 - 17138776
AN - SCOPUS:33845383219
SN - 0029-7844
VL - 108
SP - 1423
EP - 1431
JO - Obstetrics and gynecology
JF - Obstetrics and gynecology
IS - 6
ER -