Leslie V Farland, Yi-Xin Wang, Audrey J Gaskins, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Siwen Wang, Maria Christine Magnus, Jorge E Chavarro, Kathryn M Rexrode, Stacey A Missmer
Background Certain symptoms associated with infertility are associated with cardiovascular disease, including menstrual cycle irregularity, early menopause, and obesity; however, few studies have investigated the association between infertility and cardiovascular disease risk. Methods and Results Participants in the NHSII (Nurses' Health Study II) who reported infertility (12 months of trying to conceive without success, including women who subsequently conceived) or who were gravid, with no infertility were followed from 1989 until 2017 for development of incident, physician-diagnosed coronary heart disease (CHD) (myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty, stent) and stroke...
March 7, 2023: Journal of the American Heart Association