Implications of triclosan for female fertility: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine and further characterize the association between urinary levels of triclosan (TCS), a ubiquitous putative endocrine-disrupting chemical, and the risk of infertility.

Design

A retrospective cross-sectional study using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Setting

Not applicable.

Patients

Female participants in the United States who completed the reproductive health questionnaire and provided urine samples for TCS level measurement from 2013 to 2016.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Rates of presumed infertility based on participants' affirmative response to survey question RHQ074 ("Have you ever attempted to become pregnant over a period of at least a year wi

SUBMITTER: Beroukhim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9532887 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature