Abstract
SUMMARY Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and more specifically salpingitis (visually confirmed inflammation) is the primary cause of tubal factor infertility and is an important risk factor for ectopic pregnancy. The risk of these outcomes increases following repeated episodes of PID. We developed a homogenous discrete-time Markov model for the distribution of PID history in the UK. We used a Bayesian framework to fully propagate parameter uncertainty into the model outputs. We estimated the model parameters from routine data, prospective studies, and other sources.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 208-215 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Epidemiology and Infection |
Volume | 145 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016Â.
Keywords
- Key words Cumulative incidence
- Markov model
- incidence
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- repeat PID