Cabrera FI, Luaces SP, González GF, González RA, Rodríguez HL, de la Cruz FCY

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ABSTRACT

Background: it is necessary to consider infertility as a world health problem. Objective: to analyze clinical-etiological characteristics of female infertility at Assisted Reproduction Center in Camaguey from January 2015 to June 2016. Methods: an analytic cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was composed by 173 infertile females. The data were obtained from medical records and they were processed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: the average age was 29,73 years. Half of the women had secondary infertility and 91 were overweight or obese. The average duration of involuntary infertility was 5,03 years, the largest number had ovulation disorders and had a LH / FSH ratio> 3, while others showed polycystic ovarian morphology. Conclusions: females with ages between 22-28 years old had twice more probability to suffer from primary infertility, meanwhile female higher than 35 years old had five times more probability to suffer from secondary infertility. Duration of involuntary infertility is on direct relation to female’s ages.