Epidemiology
About 20–40% of women will be diagnosed with leiomyoma but only a fraction of those will cause problems or require treatment.
Leiomyomata are more common in obese women. Fibroids are dependent on estrogen and progesterone to grow and therefore relevant only during the reproductive years, they are expected to shrink after menopause.
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