ArticleFertility and sterility2020
Dietary patterns and ovarian reserve among women attending a fertility clinic.
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- Dietary inflammatory index and Mediterranean Diet in female reproductive health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary inflammatory potential.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary patterns, physical activity, and nutrient intake among infertile women in an Iranian setting: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Examining the Relationship Between Dietary Glycemic Load (GL), Glycemic Index (GI), and the Odds of Diminished Ovarian Reserve: A Case-Control Study.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Carbohydrate Intake with Antral Follicle Counts Among Subfertile Females.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Associations between dietary patterns and parameters of ovarian reserve in Polish women of reproductive age.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2024Article
- Healthy eating index and risk of diminished ovarian reserve: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- [Influence of adherence to a mediterranean diet and nutritional status on ovarian reserve].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2024Article
- The association between Diet Quality Index-International score and risk of diminished ovarian reserve: a case-control study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Personalized Nutrition in the Management of Female Infertility: New Insights on Chronic Low-Grade Inflammation.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Dietary patterns are associated with improved ovarian reserve in overweight and obese women: a cross-sectional study of the Lifestyle and Ovarian Reserve (LORe) cohort.Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E · 2022Article
- The association between the levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and dietary intake in Iranian women.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the associations between dietary patterns and antral follicle count (AFC), a marker of ovarian reserve.
designProspective cohort study.
settingFertility center at an academic hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 363 women seeking preconception evaluation and infertility care at the Massachusetts General Hospital who participated in the Environment and Reproductive Health Study. INTERVENTION(S): None. At enrollment, women reported diet through a food frequency questionnaire, from which we computed three dietary pattern adherence scores: the Mediterranean diet, the Fertility diet, and the Profertility diet. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The AFC was assessed with a transvaginal ultrasound performed on the third day of an unstimulated menstrual cycle or on the third day of a P withdrawal bleed. RESULT(S): Higher adherence to the three dietary patterns examined were unrelated to AFC. The multivariable adjusted AFC means and 95% confidence intervals for women in the highest compared with the lowest quartile of adherence score were 13.9 (13.0-14.9) and 13.5 (12.6-14.4) for the Mediterranean diet, 14.0 (13.2-14.9) and 13.5 (12.7-14.3) for the Fertility diet, and 12.5 (11.6-13.5) and 13.3 (12.5-14.2) for the Profertility diet. CONCLUSION(S): Dietary patterns were unrelated to AFC among a cohort of women presenting at a fertility center. Due to the limited and heterogeneous current evidence, it is important to evaluate this association in further studies, and in particular among women from the general population.
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