Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and treatment outcomes of women undergoing assisted reproduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vitamin D deficiency impairs fertility in animal models, but the role of vitamin D in human fertility or treatment of infertility is less clear.

Objective

We examined the association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations and the outcome in women undergoing assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs).

Design

We randomly selected 100 women undergoing infertility treatment with ART enrolled in an ongoing prospective cohort study who underwent 168 treatment cycles. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were measured in samples collected from women between days 3 and 9 of gonadotropin treatment. Generalized linear mixed models were used to evaluate the association of 25(OH)D concentrations with ART outcomes while adjusting for potential confounde

SUBMITTER: Abadia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4997293 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature