Regional differences in waiting time to pregnancy:Pregnancy-based surveys from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden
The objective of this study was examine geographical variation in couple fecundity in Europe. The study was based upon all recently pregnant (or still pregnant) women within well-defined geographical areas in Europe (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and France) at a given time period in 1992. Altoget...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/cecb3d10-954c-11da-bee9-02004c4f4f50 2024-09-15T18:26:06+00:00 Regional differences in waiting time to pregnancy:Pregnancy-based surveys from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden 1999 https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/cecb3d10-954c-11da-bee9-02004c4f4f50 https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/14.5.1250 eng eng https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/cecb3d10-954c-11da-bee9-02004c4f4f50 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess The European Infertility and Subfecundity StudyGroup 1999 , ' Regional differences in waiting time to pregnancy : Pregnancy-based surveys from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden ' , Human Reproduction , vol. 14 , no. 5 , pp. 1250-1254 . https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/14.5.1250 environment fecundity infertility pregnancy article 1999 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/14.5.1250 2024-07-11T05:34:29Z The objective of this study was examine geographical variation in couple fecundity in Europe. The study was based upon all recently pregnant (or still pregnant) women within well-defined geographical areas in Europe (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and France) at a given time period in 1992. Altogether, 4035 women responded to a highly structured questionnaire. Highest fecundity was found in Southern Italy and Northern Sweden; lowest fecundity was seen in data from the East German centre. Approximately 16% of the study population had a waiting time of more than 12 months to become pregnant. Most of the pregnancies were planned (64%) and approximately 14% were the result of contraceptive failures. The study shows that smoking, body mass index, age and parity did not explain the differences in fecundity found between the centres. Regional differences in fecundity exist and the causes may be genetic or due to variations in behavioural and environmental exposures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Aarhus University: Research Human Reproduction 14 5 1250 1254 |
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The objective of this study was examine geographical variation in couple fecundity in Europe. The study was based upon all recently pregnant (or still pregnant) women within well-defined geographical areas in Europe (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Sweden and France) at a given time period in 1992. Altogether, 4035 women responded to a highly structured questionnaire. Highest fecundity was found in Southern Italy and Northern Sweden; lowest fecundity was seen in data from the East German centre. Approximately 16% of the study population had a waiting time of more than 12 months to become pregnant. Most of the pregnancies were planned (64%) and approximately 14% were the result of contraceptive failures. The study shows that smoking, body mass index, age and parity did not explain the differences in fecundity found between the centres. Regional differences in fecundity exist and the causes may be genetic or due to variations in behavioural and environmental exposures. |
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