Infertility treatment and offspring blood pressure-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have inconsistently observed that children conceived by IVF or ICSI have higher blood pressure compared to children not conceived by these ARTs.

Objective and rationale

The aim was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of blood pressure measures of offspring conceived by ART and those conceived naturally. Resolving the suspicion of ART as a risk factor of higher blood pressure, and therefore of heart disease, has public health and clinical implications.

Search methods

A biomedical librarian searched the Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases. Searches were limited to records published in English since 1978. Grey literature was searched. Inclusion criteria were humans born via infertility treatment (vs no treatment) who underwent a b

SUBMITTER: Yeung EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11696704 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature