STUDY QUESTION: Is being born of a young mother associated with worse gynecologic health, as indicated by a bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy before age 40? SUMMARY ANSWER: Daughters of mothers younger than 25 did not have reduced pari…
Study questionIs pre-conception 25(OH)D associated with the per cycle probability of conception, i.e fecundability, in a prospective cohort study?Summary answerThere are suggestive associations of high 25(OH)D (at least 50 ng/ml) with incre…
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to examine the associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and biomarkers of ovarian reserve in a large community-based sample of women.MethodsIn 2010 to 2016, women aged 30 to 44 years without any k…
BackgroundVitamin D insufficiency is associated with subfertility and prolonged estrus cycles in animals, but humans have not been well studied.MethodsA prospective time-to-pregnancy study, Time to Conceive (2010-2015), collected up to 4 mo…
To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptib…
BACKGROUND Late implantation and the pattern of early rise in hCG have been associated with early pregnancy loss. We explored factors that might be predictive of these markers of poor embryonic health in spontaneously conceived pregnancies.…