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dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Bjarne Koster
dc.contributor.authorKnutsen, Synnøve Fønnebø
dc.contributor.authorOda, Keiji
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Gary E.
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-01T09:31:03Z
dc.date.available2013-03-01T09:31:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn a group of 46,000 North-American Adventist women aged 40 and above, we investigated the relationships between body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) at age 20 and the proportion of women who reported at least one miscarriage, periods with irregular menstruation or failing to become pregnant even if trying for more than one straight year. Approximately 31, 14 and 17 %, respectively, reported the three different problems related to reproduction. Positive age- and marital status adjusted relationships were found between BMI at age 20 and periods with irregular menstruation or failing to become pregnant even if trying for more than 1 year, but not with the risk of miscarriages. Women with BMI C 32.5 kg/m2 when aged 20 had approximately 2.0 (95 % CI: 1.6, 2.4) and 1.5 (95 % CI: 1.3, 1.9) higher odds for irregular periods or failing to get pregnant, respectively, than women with BMI in the 20–24.9 kg/m2 bracket.These relationships were consistently found in a number of strata of the population, including the large proportion of the women who never had smoked or never used alcohol.Underweight (BMI\18.5 kg/m2) when aged 20 marginally (approximately 15 %) increased the risk of failing to get pregnant within a year. Thus, obesity at age 20 increases the risk of reporting some specific reproductive problems, but not the risk of miscarriages.en
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Epidemiology 27(2012) s. 923-931en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 973021
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-012-9749-8
dc.identifier.issn0393-2990
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/4859
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4575
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringerlinken
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectFedmeen
dc.subjectReproduksjonen
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Epidemiology medical and dental statistics: 803en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803en
dc.titleObesity at age 20 and the risk of miscarriages, irregular periods and reported problems of becoming pregnant: the Adventist Health Study-2.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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