title: Coital rate and pregnancy-induced hypertension.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Galton Laboratory, University College London, UK.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D003075:Coitus; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D010298:Parity; D010334:Paternity; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors