Association between childhood obesity and infertility in later life: a systematic review of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global prevalence of childhood obesity has exhibited a troubling surge in recent years. Due to the raised questions regarding its potential correlation with infertility in adulthood, this systematic review has been undertaken to explore the relationships between childhood obesity, and infertility later in life.

Methods

A comprehensive search was performed in three international databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus). All cohort (retrospective or prospective), case-cohort, and nested case-control studies until April 2022 which assessed the association of obesity in children and adolescents with male and female infertility indicators in later life were included. The quality of the included studies was assessed by Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment check

SUBMITTER: Pourghazi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature