Cohort profile: Anhui Maternal-Child Health Study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Anhui Maternal-Child Health Study (AMCHS) aims to examine determinants of reproduction, pregnancy and postpartum maternal and child health outcomes in Chinese women who received assisted reproductive technology (ART).

Study design and participants

AMCHS is an ongoing cohort study starting from May 2017. AMCHS recruits participants from all couples who sought ART treatment in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China. The participants are interviewed to document baseline sociodemography, lifestyles, dietary intake and environmental exposure. Their clinical characteristics are obtained from hospital records. Samples of blood, follicular fluid and semen are collected at the clinic. Participants receive a standard long pituitary d

SUBMITTER: Yin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240940 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature