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Infertility and age at first coitus: a possible relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Winnifred B. Cutler ,
Celso-Ramon García  and
Abba M. Krieger
Winnifred B. Cutler
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Celso-Ramon García
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Abba M. Krieger*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
*
†Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Summary

Reported age at first coitus was shown to be associated with incidence and degree of infertility. Infertility patients reported later first coital ages than gynaecological patients in a sample of 792 women seen in a major infertility service. Among the infertility patients, those who had never conceived presented a later first coital age than those who had previously conceived. Routine gynaecological patients reported the youngest first coital age of the groups studied.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 425 - 432
Copyright
Copyright © 1979, Cambridge University Press

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