Age among women and men, time to pregnancy and risk of miscarriage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older age of women is strongly associated with reduced fertility and early pregnancy complications. These associations might also be present across the full range of reproductive age of both women and men. We assessed the associations of age of women and men with time to pregnancy and miscarriage risk.

Methods

This population-based prospective cohort study was conducted in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A total of 3604 women and their partners were included from the preconception period onwards with follow-up until birth. For this study, participants were followed until conception or 22 weeks of pregnancy for the time to pregnancy and miscarriage analyses, respectively. Outcomes included fecundability, defined as the per-month probability of conceiving; infertility,

SUBMITTER: Boxem AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12625503 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature