Cerebral palsy in children born after assisted reproductive technology in Norway: Risk, prevalence, and clinical characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim was to investigate the risk, prevalence, and clinical characteristics of cerebral palsy among children born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) in Norway.

Material and methods

All liveborn children from 2002 to 2015 were included. Information was collected from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, linked to the Norwegian Quality and Surveillance Registry for Cerebral Palsy as of December 31, 2022. Logistic regression analyses were used to calculate the prevalence of cerebral palsy per 1000 live births after ART and natural conception with birth year as covariate, crude odds ratios (OR) for cerebral palsy among children born after ART using children born after natural conception as reference, and OR adjusted for potential confounders, with 95% c

SUBMITTER: Carlsen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10577620 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature