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Beyond IUI, IVF and ICSI - New developments in - eshre 2013

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PhD Thesis Michelle Duc, 1977<br />

Retrospective analysis of diets:<br />

1. Women with only 3 girls<br />

2. Women with only 3 boys<br />

Result:<br />

Mothers of girls have higher Ca,<br />

Mg <strong>and</strong> lower Na, K <strong>in</strong>take than<br />

mothers of boys.<br />

Stolkowski et al., Papa et al., Jeambrun,<br />

Devaure et al. (France, Canada, Portugal)<br />

<strong>in</strong>vestigated the effect of a preconceptional<br />

diet on baby sex<br />

Multicenter experience:<br />

500 women women participated<br />

75 – 85% were succesful<br />

Success depended largely on how strictly<br />

participants adhered to the diet<br />

No objective quantification of compliance<br />

Francois Papa<br />

Stolkowski <strong>and</strong> Lorra<strong>in</strong>, Int. J. Gycaecol. Obstet. 1980<br />

Previous research diet method<br />

Researchers Year n Succesful Success<br />

Rate (%)<br />

Stolkowski & Lorra<strong>in</strong> 1980 260 212 82<br />

Stolkowski & Choukroun 1981 47 40 85<br />

Papa et al. 1983 58 45 78<br />

Jeambrun 1989 61 46 75<br />

Devaure et al. 1989 72 58 81<br />

Total 498 401 81<br />

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