Thoma ME

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus
2023
Differences in Use of Fertility Treatment Between People With Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Coverage in the United States.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health ·doi:10.1016/j.whi.2023.03.003

ObjectivesWe aimed to compare differences in receipt of any and specific types of fertility services between people with Medicaid and private insurance.MethodsWe used National Survey of Family Growth (2002-2019) data and linear probability …

other 2022
Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids and Their Associations with Elevated C-Reactive Protein and Leukocyte Telomere Length Among a Representative Sample of U.S. Women: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2021.0044

Background: Recent studies have suggested a link between reproductive health and later-life chronic conditions, yet the mechanism remains unclear. One proposed mechanism is through chronic inflammation. The objective of this study was to ex…

2021
Trends in time-to-pregnancy in the USA: 2002 to 2017.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab107

Study questionHas there been there a temporal change in time-to-pregnancy (TTP) in the USA.Summary answerOverall, TTP was stable over time, but a longer TTP for women over 30 and parous women was identified.What is known alreadyFertility ra…

2013
Prevalence of infertility in the United States as estimated by the current duration approach and a traditional constructed approach.
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.037

ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of infertility using a current duration approach for comparison with a traditional constructed measure.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingNot applicable.Patient(s)A nationally representative sample of fe…

2012
Comparing apples and pears: women's perceptions of their body size and shape.
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2012.3634

BackgroundObesity is a growing public health problem among reproductive-aged women, with consequences for chronic disease risk and reproductive and obstetric morbidities. Evidence also suggests that body shape (i.e., regional fat distributi…