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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 324-328Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem371
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obesity; subfertility; pregnancy chance; spontaneous conception
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Background: Obesity is increasing rapidly among women all over the world. Obesity is a known risk factor for subfertility due to anovulation, but it is unknown whether obesity also affects spontaneous pregnancy chances in subfertile, ovulatory women. Methods: We evaluated whether obesity affected the chance of a spontaneous pregnancy in a prospectively assembled cohort of 3029 consecutive subfertile couples. Women had to be ovulatory and had to have at least one patent tube, whereas men had to have a normal semen analysis. Time to spontaneous ongoing pregnancy within 12 months was the primary endpoint. Results: The probability of a spontaneous pregnancy declined linearly with a body mass index (BMI) over 29 kg/m(2). Corrected for possible related factors, women with a high BMI had a 4% lower pregnancy rate per kg/m(2) increase [hazard ratio: 0.96 (95% CI 0.91-0.99)]. Conclusions: These results indicate that obesity is associated with lower pregnancy rates in subfertile ovulatory women.
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