title: Moderate drinking: no impact on female fecundity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of moderate alcohol intake on probability of conception.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Normal healthy women enrolled in an artificial donor insemination program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women starting artificial donor insemination for the very first time were selected.
  
  
  METHODS
  Alcohol exposure was measured through a self-administered questionnaire at intake of study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A first positive pregnancy test as indicative for conception.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with moderate alcohol intake had a slightly higher, though not significant, probability of conception compared with nondrinkers (Hazard Ratio 1.20; 95% confidence interval 0.90 to 1.60).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Moderate alcohol intake has no negative impact on female fecundity.
authors.affiliation: Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Prevention and Public Health, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Zaadstra
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Looman
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: te Velde
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Habbema
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karbaat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003069:Coffee; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee