Age and/or postmenopausal status as risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse development: systematic review with meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, Glaucia Miranda Varella Pereira, Pamela Moalli, Oksana Shynlova, Jittima Manonai, Adi Yehuda Weintraub, Jan Deprest, Maria Augusta T. Bortolini
• Other Authors: Soroka University Medical Center
• Format: Review
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/75170
• Institution: Mahidol University

Introduction and hypothesis: Age is named as a risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), despite not being the primary outcome for many observational studies. Postmenopausal status is another associated factor but has many confounders. We aimed to systematically review the role of age and/or post...