Air pollution and fecundability: Results from a Danish preconception cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Animal and epidemiologic studies indicate that air pollution may adversely affect fertility. Epidemiologic studies have been restricted largely to couples undergoing fertility treatment or have retrospectively ascertained time-to-pregnancy among pregnant women.

Objectives

We examined the association between residential ambient air pollution and fecundability, the per-cycle probability of conception, in a large preconception cohort of Danish pregnancy planners.

Methods

During 2007-2018, we used the Internet to recruit and follow women who were trying to conceive without the use of fertility treatment. Participants completed an online baseline questionnaire eliciting socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, and medical and reproductive histories

SUBMITTER: Wesselink AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature