Wesselink AK

ObjectiveNeighborhood disadvantage is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes, but its association with menstrual disturbances is understudied. Our objective was to estimate the association between neighborhood socioeconomic di…

BACKGROUND: Use of chemical hair straighteners ("relaxers") is associated with higher risks of hormonally mediated conditions. We hypothesized users of relaxers would have a higher prevalence of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) and dysmenorr…

BACKGROUND: Female sexual function is important for sexual well-being, general health, fertility, and relationship satisfaction. Distressing impairments in sexual function, clinically recognized as female sexual dysfunction (FSD), can manif…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether exposure to lower-chlorinated PCBs from building materials is associated with increased incidence of UL, endometriosis, and PCOS in female residents. METHODS: We studied 21,619 residents of two Danish partially…

BACKGROUND: Fertility success among mixed-sex couples often depends on frequency and timing of sexual intercourse, yet little research has evaluated the association between preconception sexual function and time-to-pregnancy. OBJECTIVE: To…

INTRODUCTION: Menstrual health is a key patient-reported outcome beyond its importance as a general indicator of health and fertility. However, menstrual function was not measured in the clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines. The purpose of …

ObjectiveTo use self-reported preconception data to derive models that predict the risk of miscarriage.DesignProspective preconception cohort study.SettingNot applicable.PatientsStudy participants were female, aged 21-45 years, residents of…

ObjectiveTo assess the effect of randomization to FertilityFriend.com, a mobile computing fertility-tracking app, on fecundability.DesignParallel non-blinded randomized controlled trial nested within the Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO), a N…

BACKGROUND: Metals may influence reproductive health, but few studies have investigated correlates of metal body burden among reproductive-aged women outside of pregnancy. Furthermore, while there is evidence of racial disparities in exposu…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between seasonal influenza vaccination and miscarriage using data from an ongoing, prospective cohort study.MethodsWe analyzed 2013-2022 data from PRESTO (Pregnancy Study Online), a prospective prepregna…

BACKGROUND: Despite the high prevalence of female sexual dysfunction in population-based studies and the importance of sexual functioning for mixed-sex couples attempting conception, little is known about female sexual function in the preco…

BACKGROUND: Refusal to participate in studies related to sexual health can compromise the internal and external validity of findings. Research examining non-response to sexual health studies has primarily focused on predictors such as speci…

BACKGROUND: Migraine is common among females of reproductive age (estimated prevalence:17-24%) and may be associated with reproductive health through underlying central nervous system excitability, autoimmune conditions, and autonomic dysfu…

PURPOSE: To prospectively examine the association between time-to-pregnancy (TTP) and postpartum depression (PPD) and determine whether perceived stress during early pregnancy mediated this association. METHODS: In Pregnancy Study Online, …

PURPOSE: Asthma has been positively associated with irregular menses and infertility in some studies, but data are limited on the relation between asthma medication use and fecundability (i.e., average per-cycle probability of conception am…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between pregravid use of a variety of contraceptive methods and subsequent fecundability. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: Denmark and North America, 2007-19. PARTICIPANTS: 17 954 women wh…