Analysis of endometrial thickness measured by transvaginal ultrasonography in obese patients

• Autor(a) principal: Barboza,Isabela Corrêa
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Depes,Daniella de Batista, Vianna Júnior,Ilzo, Patriarca,Marisa Teresinha, Arruda,Raquel Martins, Martins,João Alfredo, Lopes,Reginaldo Guedes Coelho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Einstein (São Paulo)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082014000200164
• topic: Obesity; Endometrium/anatomy & physiology; Body mass index

Objective To compare the endometrial echo values obtained by transvaginal ultrasonography with the body mass index of postmenopausal patients; to verify if there is higher prevalence of endometrial thickening in women with body mass index ≥30.Methods This is an analytical and cross-sectional study that evaluated 294 patients. Postmenopausal women were included, and those on hormone therapy were excluded. The variables evaluated were body mass index (considering obesity if >30), number of pregnancies, years since menopause, and age. These variables were correlated with endometrial echography.Results There was a statistically significant correlation between overweight and obese patients and increased endometrial thickness (p=0.0236). The correlation between age and endometrial echo was negative and statistically significant, that is, the older the woman, the lower the endometrial thickness (p=0.0478). Pregnancies and years since menopause showed no statistical significance in relation to endometrial echo, with p=0.0614 and p=0.115, respectively.Conclusion There was positive and significant correlation between body mass index ≥30 and endometrial thickeness.