Maternal age at birth and daughter's fecundability.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Do daughters of older mothers have lower fecundability?

Summary answer

In this cohort study of North American pregnancy planners, there was virtually no association between maternal age ≥35 years and daughters' fecundability.

What is known already

Despite suggestive evidence that daughters of older mothers may have lower fertility, only three retrospective studies have examined the association between maternal age and daughter's fecundability.

Study design, size, duration

Prospective cohort study of 6689 pregnancy planners enrolled between March 2016 and January 2020.

Participants/materials, setting, methods

Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO) is an ongoing pre-conception cohort study of pregnancy planners (age, 21-45 years) from the USA and C

SUBMITTER: Basso O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213449 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature