Stress reduces conception probabilities across the fertile window: Evidence in support of relaxation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2184-2189

  Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a   Lum, Kirsten J ^a   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Kim, Sungduk ^a   Lynch, Courtney D ^b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Pyper, Cecilia ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; conception; cortisol; fecundity; fertile window; stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CAFFEINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN FUNCTION TESTS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956343793     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.078     Document Type: Article

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