Folate intake and ovarian reserve among women attending a fertility center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between dietary folate intake and antral follicle count (AFC) among women seeing treatment for infertility.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Academic fertility center.

Patients

A total of 552 women attending the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center (2007-2019) who participated in the Environment and Reproductive Health Study.

Interventions

None. Folate intake was measured with a validated food frequency questionnaire at study entry. Multivariable Poisson regression models with robust standard errors were used to estimate the association of folate intake with AFC adjusting for calorie intake, age, body mass index, physical activity, education, smoking status, year of AFC, and intakes of vitamin B₁₂, i

SUBMITTER: Kadir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714696 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature