Body mass index, physical activity and fecundability in a North American preconception cohort study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 451-459

  McKinnon, Craig J ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^a,c   Mikkelsen, Ellen M ^d   Wesselink, Amelia K ^a   Hahn, Kristen A ^a   Wise, Lauren A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fecundability; obesity; physical activity; preconception cohort; time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIP; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRECONCEPTION PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH; THIGH; THORAX; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TIME TO PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975141218     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.04.011     Document Type: Article

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