Beverage intake and ovarian reserve among women from a fertility center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the associations of caffeinated, alcoholic, and sweetened beverage intakes with antral follicle count (AFC), a well-accepted biomarker of ovarian reserve.

Design

Observational prospective cohort study.

Setting

Fertility center at an academic hospital.

Patients

This study includes 567 women seeking fertility care at the Massachusetts General Hospital who participated in the Environment and Reproductive Health Study.

Intervention

None. Women self-reported consumption of caffeinated (coffee, tea, soda), alcoholic (wine, beer, liquor), sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened beverages using a validated food-frequency questionnaire.

Main outcome measure

Antral follicle count was assessed using a transvaginal ultrasound perform

SUBMITTER: Maldonado-Carceles AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature