INTRODUCTION: We have reported that @entity1 's lifetime sport-caught Great Lakes fish consumption was associated with lifetime prevalence of conception delay or @entity177 . Those cross-sectional data were based on responses to a postal questionnaire. The present study was conducted to evaluate whether nonresponse bias could explain the cross-sectional findings. METHODS: We conducted telephone interviews with 230 @entity1 and 38 @entity1 who did not respond to the original survey, and compared these individuals to the original responders with respect to key demographic, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics. RESULTS: Nonresponders were approximately 1.5 years older at interview, were more likely to be Caucasian, and reported higher incomes than responders. Among @entity1 , nonresponders had fished fewer days in the past year (12% reported no fishing, compared to 4. 3% of responders). Almost one half of nonresponders reported no fish consumption in the past year, compared to one quarter of responders. Nonresponders were more likely than responders to have ever conceived a live-born @entity1 , had more @entity1 , and were less likely to intend to have additional @entity1 in the next 5 years. Among both responders and nonresponders there was an increased prevalence of a period of conception @entity177 among @entity1 who reported consuming greater quantities of sport-caught Great Lakes fish. DISCUSSION: Our study provides support for the cross-sectional analyses presented previously, insofar as nonresponse bias is unlikely to have a major role in the observed association.

Absence of nonresponse bias in a study of sport-caught Great Lakes fish consumption and conception XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'children', 'child', 'men'] @entity177 :: ('MESH:D051437', 'Disease') :: ['failure']
@entity177 :: (MESH:D051437,Disease) :: ['failure']
