Psychological distress during early gestation and offspring sex ratio | Zendy

Carsten Obel | Zendy; Tore Henriksen | Zendy; N. J. Secher | Zendy; Brenda Eskenazi | Zendy; Morten Hedegaard | Zendy

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Psychological distress during early gestation and offspring sex ratio

Author(s) -

Carsten Obel,

Tore Henriksen,

N. J. Secher,

Brenda Eskenazi,

Morten Hedegaard

Publication year - 2007

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/dem274

Subject(s) - odds ratio , general health questionnaire , offspring , pregnancy , sex ratio , medicine , quartile , gestation , strengths and difficulties questionnaire , obstetrics , population , confidence interval , cohort study , gynecology , demography , mental health , psychiatry , biology , environmental health , genetics , sociology

Exposure to severe stress in early pregnancy is associated with a lower male to female ratio (sex ratio), but whether more moderate levels of psychological discomfort have the same kind of effect is unknown. In a population based follow-up study, we aimed to test whether psychological distress was associated with the sex ratio in the offspring.

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