Cumulative birth rates with linked assisted reproductive technology cycles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Live-birth rates after treatment with assisted reproductive technology have traditionally been reported on a per-cycle basis. For women receiving continued treatment, cumulative success rates are a more important measure.

Methods

We linked data from cycles of assisted reproductive technology in the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System database for the period from 2004 through 2009 to individual women in order to estimate cumulative live-birth rates. Conservative estimates assumed that women who did not return for treatment would not have a live birth; optimal estimates assumed that these women would have live-birth rates similar to those for women continuing treatment.

Results

The data were from 246,740 women, with 47

SUBMITTER: Luke B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3623697 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature