Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2019
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Department
Epidemiology and Population Health
Degree Program
Epidemiology, MSE
Committee Chair
Taylor, Kira
Committee Member
Wallis, Anne
Committee Member
Gaskins, Jeremy
Author's Keywords
Female fertility; spontaneous conception; infertility; sexually transmitted infection; probability; reproductive epidemiology
Abstract
This study interrogated predictors of pregnancy and the effect of a history of sexually transmitted infection (STI) on probability of conception among a cohort of women seeking fertility counseling (N=170), using multivariable logistic regression and Cox proportional hazards models. There were 76 (44.7%) total pregnancies. 32 (39.0%) were achieved spontaneously by women who never received ART (N=82). Among women who did receive ART (N=88), 35 (39.7%) were achieved by ART and 9 (10.2%) achieved spontaneously. Among the full cohort (N=170), obesity was a significant negative predictor of pregnancy while history of human papilloma virus was a significant negative predictor of time to pregnancy. Among those who did receive ART (N=88), ovarian infertility diagnosis was a significant positive predictor of pregnancy, relative to other infertility diagnoses. History of STI was nonsignificantly associated with increased probability of pregnancy in all sub-samples, though this result may be confounded by characteristics like coital frequency.
Recommended Citation
Wood, Lindsey Adelle, "Probability of conception after fertility counseling and the association of sexually transmitted infections with pregnancy in the Loussi study." (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3262.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/3262
