Open AccessCoital rate and pregnancy-induced hypertension
Author(s) -
W. H. James
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1311
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , gynecology , obstetrics , closeness , fertility , association (psychology) , demography , psychology , population , biology , environmental health , mathematical analysis , genetics , mathematics , psychotherapist , sociology
Previous workers have emphasized the possibility that pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is associated with a change of sexual partner. It is noted here that any such association is far weaker than that between PIH and fecundability (the probability of conceiving in a month at risk). This latter association is so strong as to suggest its closeness to a true cause. Of the determinants of fecundability, coital rate seems the most promising to pursue as a possible cause of PIH.
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