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- Title
Want to Conceive? Stick to Decaf.
- Authors
Hollander, Dore
- Abstract
The article reports on a research study that investigated the effect of caffeine consumption on the time taken to conceive. The study, which was conducted by researchers C.K. Stanton and R.H. Gray, was published in the "American Journal of Epidemiology." For the study, 2,501 pregnancies that occurred between 1980 and 1990 were examined. It was found that stopping the use of contraceptives, and consumption of moderate amounts of caffeine by 1,430 women, had no effect on the probability that conception may take a year or more. However, nonsmokers who had more than 300 mg of caffeine daily, were found to be thrice more exposed to the risk of delayed conception. Hence, it was concluded that smoking leads to delayed pregnancy and reduces the possibility of conception.
- Subjects
CONCEPTION; CAFFEINE habit; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; CAFFEINE; HUMAN reproduction; AMERICAN Journal of Epidemiology (Periodical); CIGARETTE smokers; TOBACCO use
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1996, Vol 28, Issue 2, p43
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article