ArticleReproductive medicine and biology2018
Lack of a meaningful association between dietary patterns and in vitro fertilization outcome among Japanese women.
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- Can Dietary Patterns Impact Fertility Outcomes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Dietary Patterns on Clinical Pregnancy and Live Birth Outcomes in Men and Women Receiving Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Female dietary patterns and outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF): a systematic literature review.Nutrition journal · 2022Pooled it
- Identification of Dietary Patterns Among Women Undergoing Assisted Reproduction and Its Association with Reproductive Outcomes.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Preconception diet quality and modified natural cycle in vitro fertilisation outcomes.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
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- The effect of dietary habits on oocyte/sperm quality.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2023Article
- Lack of a meaningful association between dietary patterns and in vitro fertilization outcome among Japanese women.Reproductive medicine and biology · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to examine whether preconception maternal dietary pattern is associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome among Japanese women.
methodsThis prospective study included 140 Japanese women who underwent conventional-IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The patients' diets during the previous month before egg retrieval were assessed with validated brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire. Dietary patterns from 33 predefined food groups [energy-adjusted food (g/1000 kcal)] were extracted by factor analysis. The primary outcome measure was clinical pregnancy rate after IVF.
resultsThirty-six women had confirmed clinical pregnancy. Three dietary patterns were identified: "Vegetable and seafood," "Western," and "Rice and miso soup." The "Vegetables and seafood" dietary pattern (high intakes of green and other vegetables, mushrooms, seasoning, fish, soy products, chicken, and potatoes) was not associated with clinical pregnancy ([odds ratio per one-quartile increase in dietary pattern: 0.94 (95% confidence interval: 0.67-1.32),
conclusionsThe three maternal preconception dietary patterns identified revealed no meaningful association with IVF outcome in Japanese women. Further studies in various populations with different dietary patterns are needed to confirm these findings.
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