2019
Fertility Related Quality of Life, Gonadal Function and Erectile Dysfunction in Male Partners of Couples with Unexplained Infertility.
Coward RM, Stetter C, Kunselman A, Trussell JC, Lindgren MC, Alvero RR, Casson P, Christman GM, Coutifaris C, Diamond MP, Hansen KR, Krawetz SA, Legro RS, Robinson RD, Smith JF, Steiner AZ, Wild RA, Zhang H, Santoro N. Fertility Related Quality of Life, Gonadal Function and Erectile Dysfunction in Male Partners of Couples with Unexplained Infertility. Journal Of Urology 2019, 202: 379-384. PMID: 30835629, PMCID: PMC6686175, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000000205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of lifeLow total testosteroneTotal testosteroneErectile dysfunctionUnexplained infertilityFertiQoL scoresTestosterone levelsSemen parametersLow total testosterone levelsMultivariable logistic regression analysisMale partnersBaseline semen analysisWorse erectile dysfunctionTotal testosterone levelsAbnormal semen qualityPrimary study outcomePHQ-9 scoresBody mass indexMen of couplesLogistic regression analysisInfertility durationMen 59IIEF scorePatient ageSD age
2017
Preconceptional antithyroid peroxidase antibodies, but not thyroid-stimulating hormone, are associated with decreased live birth rates in infertile women
Seungdamrong A, Steiner AZ, Gracia CR, Legro RS, Diamond MP, Coutifaris C, Schlaff WD, Casson P, Christman GM, Robinson RD, Huang H, Alvero R, Hansen KR, Jin S, Eisenberg E, Zhang H, Santoro N, Network E. Preconceptional antithyroid peroxidase antibodies, but not thyroid-stimulating hormone, are associated with decreased live birth rates in infertile women. Fertility And Sterility 2017, 108: 843-850. PMID: 29102040, PMCID: PMC8129952, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-TPO antibodiesLive birth rateThyroid-stimulating hormoneAntithyroid peroxidase antibodiesMIU/LInfertile womenClinical pregnancyPeroxidase antibodiesLive birthsReproductive outcomesBirth rateEunice Kennedy Shriver National InstituteMultivariable logistic regression analysisMultivariable logistic regression modelReproductive Medicine NetworkMIU/L.Adverse reproductive outcomesHigher miscarriage ratePoor reproductive outcomesRisk of miscarriageLogistic regression analysisLogistic regression modelsSimilar conception ratesMiscarriage rateTSH levels
2016
Predictors of pregnancy and live-birth in couples with unexplained infertility after ovarian stimulation–intrauterine insemination
Hansen KR, He AL, Styer AK, Wild RA, Butts S, Engmann L, Diamond MP, Legro RS, Coutifaris C, Alvero R, Robinson RD, Casson P, Christman GM, Huang H, Santoro N, Eisenberg E, Zhang H, Network E. Predictors of pregnancy and live-birth in couples with unexplained infertility after ovarian stimulation–intrauterine insemination. Fertility And Sterility 2016, 105: 1575-1583.e2. PMID: 26949110, PMCID: PMC4893990, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of infertilityUnexplained infertilityPregnancy outcomesClinical trialsClinical pregnancyBaseline characteristicsLive birthsMultivariable logistic regression analysisMultiple Intrauterine GestationsMultiple pregnancy ratePredictors of pregnancyPrior pregnancy lossLive birth rateMulticenter clinical trialSignificant predictorsLogistic regression analysisClomiphene citrateOvarian stimulationAntimüllerian hormoneIntrauterine gestationSerum levelsWaist circumferencePregnancy lossObstetrical carePregnancy rate