Climate change is associated with male:female ratios of fetal deaths and newborn infants in Japan Misao Fukuda, M.D., Ph.D., Kiyomi Fukuda, M.D., Takashi Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D., Miho Nobunaga, M.D., Ph.D., Linn Salto Mamsen, M.Sc., Claus Yding Andersen, M.Sc., D.M.Sc. Fertility and Sterility Volume 102, Issue 5, Pages 1364-1370.e2 (November 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1213 Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Yearly mean temperature differences (°C); male:female ratio of spontaneous fetal deaths after 12 weeks of gestation; and male:female ratio of births from 1968 to 2012 in Japan. Fertility and Sterility 2014 102, 1364-1370.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1213) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Monthly absolute mean temperature differences (°C); and prevalence ratios (PRs) of concurrent spontaneous fetal death rates per 1,000 live births after 12 weeks of gestation from January 2010 to May 2011 as compared to the combined data of the corresponding month from the previous 36 months and the following12 months; and PRs of male:female birth ratios from October 2010 to February 2012; and the absolute temperature differences 9 months later as compared with the combined data of the corresponding month from the previous 36 months and the following 12 months in Japan. ∗P<.05. Fertility and Sterility 2014 102, 1364-1370.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.07.1213) Copyright © 2014 Terms and Conditions