ArticleFertility research and practice2016
Lifestyle and in vitro fertilization: what do patients believe?
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- University students' fertility awareness and its influencing factors: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2023Pooled it
- Female dietary patterns and outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF): a systematic literature review.Nutrition journal · 2022Pooled it
- Preconception dietary patterns in association with live birth and pregnancy loss: a couples-based approach.Fertility and sterility · 2026Article
- Causal Associations of Circulating Micronutrients With the Risk of Infertility: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
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- Health Related Behaviors and Life Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing Infertility Treatment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Can Nutrition Help in the Treatment of Infertility?Preventive nutrition and food science · 2021Review
- Effectiveness of a therapeutic multiple-lifestyle intervention taking into account the periconceptional environment in the management of infertile couples: study design of a randomized controlled trial - the PEPCI study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Association Between the Frequency of Eating Non-home-prepared Meals and Women Infertility in the United States.Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2020Article
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- Lack of a meaningful association between dietary patterns and in vitro fertilization outcome among Japanese women.Reproductive medicine and biology · 2018Article
- Caffeine, alcohol, smoking, and reproductive outcomes among couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology treatments.Fertility and sterility · 2018Review
- Diet and fertility: a review.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2018Review
- Dietary Approaches to Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
backgroundPatients have many beliefs regarding lifestyle factors and IVF outcomes.
methodsObservational study of 208 IVF patients at an academic infertility center. Main outcome measures were perceived influence of various lifestyle factors assessed by multivariable logistic regression and
resultsA majority of participants believed that there were many women's lifestyle choices that were influential, compared to fewer male factors (cessation of tobacco (72 %), alcohol (69 %), caffeine (62 %), and use of vitamins (88 %)). Compared to participants with less education, participants with a higher education level were less likely to believe vitamins were helpful and some alcohol use was not harmful. As income decreased, participants were less likely to consider dietary factors contributory to IVF success, such as women (p-trend,
conclusionsPatients believed many lifestyle factors are associated with IVF success. Understanding patients' assumptions regarding the effect of lifestyle factors on IVF success may better allow physicians to counsel patients about IVF outcomes.
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