[Epidemiological approach to the relationship between XXXX and sterility].

@entity1 @entity1244 @entity249 @entity4670 @entity4810 @entity3311 @entity3896 @entity2415 @entity358 @entity4595 @entity764 @entity378 @entity36064 @entity1577
In recent years associations have been reported between @entity4810 and chronic @entity358 . These disorders include @entity36064 , @entity1577 and @entity3896 . For each disorder, case reports or small groups of @entity1 have been described. However, it remains to be determined if these @entity4670 play a significant role in primary @entity4595 (P.B). To do this, we compared the fertility rate of 35 @entity1 (24 males, 11 females) with clinical and radiological evidence of P.B. and of 71 @entity1 (54 males, 17 females) with secondary @entity4595 (S.B) due to a @entity764 (mainly @entity378 and @entity3311 with @entity2415 ). We abstracted the clinical records of this group of 106 @entity1 , hospitalized between 1966 and 1983 for: age at the time of hospitalization, sex, diagnosis (P.B. vs. S.B.), association with @entity1244 and situs inversus, socio-economic status, ethnic group, marital status and fertility (graded as 0 or 1+). The crude association between P.B. and @entity249 is strong (p greater than 0.10). However age may represent a confounding factor as @entity1 with P.B. are younger (p less than 0.01) than @entity1 with S.B., and more often single (p less than 0.01). Initially we restricted the analysis to married @entity1 of both groups, and still got a significant association. Then we compared mean age in childless married @entity1 of both groups and observed a non-significant difference. Moreover, when we compared fertility in older @entity1 , for example in @entity1 over 30 years old, the association still persists (p less than 0.03). In conclusion, the @entity4670 associating bronchiectasia and @entity249 must be looked for in the check up of P.B., all the more so as some can be cured of their @entity249 .
