Association between preconception maternal beverage intake and in vitro fertilization outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study whether maternal intake of beverage type affects IVF outcomes.

Design

A prospective study.

Setting

Tertiary, university-affiliated center.

Patient(s)

Three hundred forty women undergoing IVF from 2014 through 2016 for infertility as well as for pregenetic diagnosis for autosomal recessive diseases were enrolled during ovarian stimulation and completed a questionnaire describing their usual beverage consumption.

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

IVF outcomes were abstracted from medical records. Total caffeine intake was estimated by summing the caffeine content for specific beverages multiplied by frequency of intake. Associations between specific types of beverages and IVF outcomes were analyzed using Poisson and lo

SUBMITTER: Machtinger R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716855 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature