Allen J Wilcox

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus
observational 2026
Environment international ·doi:10.1016/j.envint.2026.110260

BACKGROUND: Personal care products (PCPs) may contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can impact menstrual health. Despite widespread usage, little is known about the associations of PCP usage, EDC avoidance, and menstrual cycle …

observational 2026
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.11.031

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common endocrine disorder, characterized by oligomenorrhea and androgen excess. Only a few studies have addressed the natural history of menstrual cycles among women with polycystic ovary syndrome …

observational 2025
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2025.03.002

BACKGROUND: Using menstrual products is a part of managing menstrual bleeding. Product use may represent individual, social, and economic influences. A few studies on menstrual product use from specific regions in the United States reported…

observational 2022
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2021.09.041

BACKGROUND: Prospective longitudinal cohorts assessing women's health and gynecologic conditions have historically been limited. OBJECTIVE: The Apple Women's Health Study was designed to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship amon…

observational 2022
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab252

STUDY QUESTION: Is fecundability associated with miscarriage history and future miscarriage risk? SUMMARY ANSWER: Prior miscarriage was associated with lower fecundability, and participants with a history of subfertility (time-to-pregnancy…

observational 2021
PLoS medicine ·doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003603

BACKGROUND: Increased risk of miscarriage has been reported for women with specific chronic health conditions. A broader investigation of chronic diseases and miscarriage risk may uncover patterns across categories of illness. The objective…

observational 2021
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science ·doi:10.1192/bjp.2020.259

BACKGROUND: Some psychiatric disorders have been associated with increased risk of miscarriage. However, there is a lack of studies considering a broader spectrum of psychiatric disorders to clarify the role of common as opposed to independ…

other 2020
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deaa048

STUDY QUESTION: What proportion of fertilized human ova are lost before implantation? SUMMARY ANSWER: An estimated 40 to 50% of fertilized ova fail to implant. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Preimplantation loss is not detectable with current tec…

observational 2018
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) ·doi:10.1097/gme.0000000000001075

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and biomarkers of ovarian reserve in a large community-based sample of women. METHODS: In 2010 to 2016, women aged 30 to 44 years without…

observational 2018
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) ·doi:10.1097/ede.0000000000000804

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with subfertility and prolonged estrus cycles in animals, but humans have not been well studied. METHODS: A prospective time-to-pregnancy study, Time to Conceive (2010-2015), collected up t…