[Infertility and carbohydrate metabolism. A study of 93 cases (author's transl)].
An oral glucose tolerance test was performed in 93 women with unexplained infertility (sterility or repeated abortions). An abnormal carbohydrate metabolism was found in 1/3 of the cases (32 patients). Advice on diet control, provided to all of these patients, was followed only by 13.9 of these, who conceived less than 6 months after initiation of the low carbohydrate diet, achieved full-term pregnancy. These results suggest a relationship between infertility and glucose intolerance. A glucose tolerance test should be performed in all women presenting unexplained infertility.
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates
Dysfertilité et troubles du métabolisme glucidique. Etude à partir de quatre-vingt-treize cas.