Allostatic load, a measure of chronic physiological stress, is associated with pregnancy outcomes, but not fertility, among women with unexplained infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1757-1766

  Barrett, Emily S ^a,b   Vitek, Wendy ^b   Mbowe, Omar ^b   Thurston, Sally W ^b   Legro, Richard S ^c   Alvero, Ruben ^d   Baker, Valerie ^e   Wright Bates, G ^f   Casson, Peter ^g   Coutifaris, Christos ^h   Eisenberg, Esther ⁱ   Hansen, Karl ^j   Krawetz, Stephen ^k   Robinson, Randal ^l   Rosen, Mitchell ^m   Usadi, Rebecca ⁿ   Zhang, Heping ^o   Santoro, Nanette ^p   Diamond, Michael ^q  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^j UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ Levine Cancer Institute   (United States)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Allostatic load; Fertility; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCEPTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROLE PLAYING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ALLOSTASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85054432500     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dey261     Document Type: Article

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