RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 O5-6.6 Infertility and mediterranean dietary pattern: a nested case-control study
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A58
OP A58
DO 10.1136/jech.2011.142976b.69
VO 65
IS Suppl 1
A1 E Toledo
A1 C Lopez-del Burgo
A1 T Errasti-Alcalá
A1 M Bes-Rastrollo
A1 J J Beunza
A1 M Á Martínez-González
A1 J de Irala
YR 2011
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/65/Suppl_1/A58.1.abstract
AB Introduction Infertility affects approximately 15% of couples during their reproductive lifetime. We aimed to investigate associations between different dietary patterns (DP) and difficulty for getting pregnant in the SUN Project.Methods Using data from the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) dynamic prospective cohort of university graduates, we conducted a nested case-control analysis of 485 cases and 1670 controls aged 20–45 years. Cases were female participants who referred having consulted a doctor due to difficulties for getting pregnant. Controls were female participants not having consulted for this reason and having at least one child. Cases and controls were matched according to age. We performed principal component analyses with orthogonal varimax rotation to determine the main DPs in our cohort. We divided our sample according to quartiles of the empirically-identified DPs and conducted conditional logistic regression models.Results Out of 9811 women enrolled with 20–45 years of age, 485 referred having consulted a doctor due to difficulty to getting pregnant. Two main DPs were identified: a Western DP and a Mediterranean-type DP. Once potential confounders were adjusted for, no significant association was observed for a higher adherence to the Western DP (OR 1.09 (95% CI 0.75 to 1.57)). After adjusting for potential confounders, women with a higher adherence to the Mediterranean-type DP had a lower risk for consulting for difficulty to getting pregnant (OR 0.62 (95%: 0.39 to 0.99)).Conclusion Our data suggest that a higher adherence to the Mediterranean-type DP might have a protective effect on infertility.