McLain AC

ORCID: 0000-0002-5475-0670 · 4 papers in corpus
other 2021
Length-biased semi-competing risks models for cross-sectional data: an application to current duration of pregnancy attempt data
The annals of applied statistics ·doi:10.1214/20-aoas1428

Cross-sectional length-biased data arise from questions on the at-risk time for an event of interest from those who are at-risk but have yet to experience the event. For example, in the National Survey on Family Growth (NSFG), women who wer…

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

STUDY QUESTION: Has there been there a temporal change in time-to-pregnancy (TTP) in the USA. SUMMARY ANSWER: Overall, TTP was stable over time, but a longer TTP for women over 30 and parous women was identified. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Fe…

observational 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

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of infertility using a current duration approach for comparison with a traditional constructed measure. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Not applicable. PATIENT(S): A nationally representativ…

observational 2011
Persistent organochlorine pollutants and menstrual cycle characteristics
Chemosphere ·doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.027

An evolving body of evidence suggests an adverse relation between persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) and menstruation, though prospective longitudinal measurement of menses is limited and served as the impetus for study. We prospec…