Assisted reproductive technology and the risk of preterm birth among primiparas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the risk of preterm birth among liveborn singletons to primiparas who conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART) using four mutually exclusive categories of infertility (female infertility only, male infertility only, female and male infertility, and unexplained infertility) and to examine preterm birth risk along the gestational age continuum.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Not applicable.

Patient(s)

Singletons born to primiparas who conceived with or without ART.

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

Preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) and preterm/early term birth <39 weeks' gestation).

Result(s)

For the male infertility only, female infertility only, combined male and female infertility,

SUBMITTER: Dunietz GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515958 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature