Small effect sizes, common-disease/common-variant versus rare variant influences, biased
single nucleotide polymorphism ascertainment and low linkage disequilibrium have recently …

… In a community survey, Zondervan et al. found a prevalence of 24.0% for chronic pelvic pain
in the UK (Zondervan et al., 2001b). A total of 28.3% reported having had chronic pelvic pain…

Objective To harmonize the collection of nonsurgical clinical and epidemiologic data relevant
to endometriosis research, allowing large-scale collaboration. Design An international …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of endometriosis on health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
and work productivity. DESIGN: Multicenter cross-sectional study with prospective …

This protocol details the steps for data quality assessment and control that are typically carried
out during case-control association studies. The steps described involve the identification …

Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic
consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants …

Sequence-based variation in gene expression is a key driver of disease risk. Common
variants regulating expression in cis have been mapped in many expression quantitative trait …

This protocol describes how to perform basic statistical analysis in a population-based genetic
association case-control study. The steps described involve the (i) appropriate selection …

While there have been studies exploring regulatory variation in one or more tissues, the
complexity of tissue-specificity in multiple primary tissues is not yet well understood. We explore …

Objectives To estimate the prevalence and incidence in primary care of chronic pelvic pain in
women in the UK. Design Cross‐sectional analysis of MediPlus UK Primary Care Database…