Dairy intake in relation to in vitro fertilization outcomes among women from a fertility clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Is dairy food consumption associated with live birth among women undergoing infertility treatment?

Summary answer

There was a positive association between total dairy food consumption and live birth among women ≥35 years of age.

What is known already

Dairy food intake has been previously related to infertility risk and measures of fertility potential but its relation to infertility treatment outcomes are unknown.

Study design, size, duration

Our study population comprised a total of 232 women undergoing 353 in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment cycles between February 2007 and May 2013, from the Environment and Reproductive Health study, an ongoing prospective cohort.

Participants/materials, setting, methods

Diet was assessed before assis

SUBMITTER: Afeiche MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4755446 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature