Incidence of infertility and risk factors of impaired fecundity among newly married couples in a Chinese population

Meng, Qinqin; Ren, Aiguo; Le, Zhang; Liu, Jufen; Li, Zhiwen; Yang, Yan; Li, Rong; Ma, Lulin

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.10.002

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“…The results also show that few women took folate supplements at the time of premarital health check‐up, suggesting that many women were at imminent risk of having a NTD‐affected pregnancy if they did not begin to take folic acid supplements. This is because almost two‐thirds of the women became pregnant within 6 months after premarital health check‐up (Meng et al, ). We found that folic acid supplementation was a major determinant of plasma folate concentration, which was consistent with the results from other studies (Hao et al, ; Colapinto et al, ; Hursthouse et al, ; Pfeiffer et al, ).…”

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“…This study was originally designed as a cohort study to obtain infertility rate, as reported in detail elsewhere (Meng et al, ). Briefly, subjects recruited in this study were women who sought premarital health check‐up in maternal and child health care centers of Shouyang and Xiyang, two rural counties of Shanxi province, where the prevalence of NTDs remained as high as 31.5 per 10,000 births in 2014 (Liu et al, ), in northern China from November 2009 to December 2012.…”

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Plasma folate levels and associated factors in women planning to become pregnant in a population with high prevalence of neural tube defects

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Plasma folate levels and associated factors in women planning to become pregnant in a population with high prevalence of neural tube defects

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“…3. Distribution of patients by sperm count / ml in patients with [14], indicate an average age of 39.9, 39 and 37 years respectively, with extremes of 25. at 50 years old. These results can be explained by certain socioeconomic factors that make marriage more and more late.…”

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Epidemiology and Clinical Profile of Male Infertility at the Fertilization Centre IRIFIV in Casablanca, Morocco, around 295 Cases

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Objective: Male infertility is a scourge of the 21st century. Its management remains a real headache. The objective of this study is to describe the general profile of male infertility at the IRIFIV In Vitro Fertilization Center, Casablanca, Morocco. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study of 295 patient files seen in consultation for conjugal infertility of the couple between 2017 and 2018. The parameters studied were clinical elements and paraclinical explorations. Results: The average age of the patients was 37.5 years. The average duration of evolution of infertility was 5.5 years. Infertility was primary in 70.9% of cases and secondary in 29.1% of cases. Clinically, varicocele was the most common abnormality in 65.9% of patients. The seminogram was disrupted in 72% of cases. The main disturbances were oligozoospermia in 40.20% of cases and asthenozoospermia in 37% of cases. Conclusion: The general profile of infertility is polymorphic. The causes of male infertility noted are multifactorial. Male infertility usually results in a quantitative and/or qualitative abnormality of the sperm. The improvement of the management of infertility must go through new ways of research including genetic and immunological for a good identification of usually hidden causes of infertility.

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“…The studies cited have also reported scores, which were lesser in women who never bear a child compared with fertile women (Millheiser et al, ). Impact of infertility on women sexual dysfunction is well established, and it has been shown to lower the self‐esteem of infertile women from all social background and ethnic background (Meng et al, ). A study conducted in Pakistani population living in Britain concluded that it decreases the self‐esteem of women and effect relationship (Hampshire, Blell, & Simpson, ).…”

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Does male factor infertility impact on self‐esteem and sexual relationship?

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Nonsomatic factors play a significant role in erectile dysfunction. We assessed the impact on men suffering from male factor infertility by employing the validated Self‐Esteem and Relationship questionnaire (SEAR) and compared the scores with controls. Men with primary infertility were asked to fill SEAR questionnaire. Normal fertile men visiting clinic for unrelated problem or normal male accompanying infertile patients constitute the control group. Transformed score of each domain and total score of SEAR questionnaire and means were compared. Data were analysed by R version 5.2. Univariate and multivariate analyses were done to determine factors predicting self‐esteem and total relationship score. There were 45 men each in the study and control groups. The mean transformed self‐esteem score and total score of infertile men were significantly lower as compared to controls (74.44 versus 95.83) and (73.54 versus 95.86) p‐value of <.0001. Longer duration of infertility, advanced age, diabetes and higher education were factors significantly lowering the scores on univariate analysis, and on multivariate analysis, diabetes was the only significant predictor of total SEAR score in infertile men. Infertility leads to lower self‐esteem, sexual performance and confidence among infertile men as compared to controls. The relationship score worsens with increasing duration of infertility.

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Incidence of infertility and risk factors of impaired fecundity among newly married couples in a Chinese population

Cited by 58 publications

References 27 publications

Plasma folate levels and associated factors in women planning to become pregnant in a population with high prevalence of neural tube defects

Plasma folate levels and associated factors in women planning to become pregnant in a population with high prevalence of neural tube defects

Epidemiology and Clinical Profile of Male Infertility at the Fertilization Centre IRIFIV in Casablanca, Morocco, around 295 Cases

Does male factor infertility impact on self‐esteem and sexual relationship?

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