Obesity and Time to Conception

Objective To examine the association between body mass index and time to conception. Methods Secondary data analysis of The Asthma in Pregnancy Study, a Prospective cohort of 2205 women assembled from April 1997-June 2000. Results Time to conception in women not on contraception, by BMI category, di...

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Main Author: Susan Richman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMRH.S869
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Summary:Objective To examine the association between body mass index and time to conception. Methods Secondary data analysis of The Asthma in Pregnancy Study, a Prospective cohort of 2205 women assembled from April 1997-June 2000. Results Time to conception in women not on contraception, by BMI category, did not show a significant difference among the groups, p = 0.81 for test of equality over the strata. Conclusions No association between time to conception and BMI was demonstrated in these data.
ISSN:1179-5581