The risk of using intrauterine devices to benign reproductive system conditions in postmenopausal women: A case control study

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Minhang, China, 1Department of the Basic Medical Research
Center, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood, Shanghai, China
bleeding, and spotting.[6,7] Historically, the use of certain
IUDs was associated with increased risk of pelvic
To investigate the effect of using intrauterine devices (IUDs) during the fertile window on women’s reproductive system health.
2,744 postmenopausal women in the Minhang District, Shanghai, China were enrolled. In the IUDs group there were 2,253 women; in the tubal ligation group there were 202 women and there were 289 women in the control group. We selected subjects according to the cases number in different hospital by using step sampling, and, in addition, collected the sociological data and information of the previously used contraceptives by the subjects, which included whether the contraceptives were used appropriately and the effect they had. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Levene’s test, and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the data.
The prevalence rate of benign reproductive system conditions was significantly different among them (P IUDs, maybe, can effectively reduce the risk of getting benign reproductive conditions in postmenopausal females.