A prospective study on two samples of consecutive puerperae (total n degrees 667) from two populations has been carried out in order to investigate the possible effect of smoking habit on relationship between fertility and haptoglobin phenotype.In both populations the negative association previously reported between age of pueperae and Haptoglobin *1/*1 phenotype is present only in women with smoking habit pointing to an interaction between Hp and smoke on human fertility. This suggests that the effects of smoke on fertility are dependent on the Hp phenotype.
Bottini, N., Magrini, A., Macmurray, J., Cosmi, E., Nicotra, M., Gloria Bottini, F., et al. (2002). Smoking, haptoglobin and fertility in humans, 1(1), 3-6 [10.1186/1617-9625-1-1-3].
Smoking, haptoglobin and fertility in humans
BOTTINI, NUNZIO;MAGRINI, ANDREA;BERGAMASCHI, ANTONIO
2002-01-01
Abstract
A prospective study on two samples of consecutive puerperae (total n degrees 667) from two populations has been carried out in order to investigate the possible effect of smoking habit on relationship between fertility and haptoglobin phenotype.In both populations the negative association previously reported between age of pueperae and Haptoglobin *1/*1 phenotype is present only in women with smoking habit pointing to an interaction between Hp and smoke on human fertility. This suggests that the effects of smoke on fertility are dependent on the Hp phenotype.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
