Examining Infertility Treatment and Early Childhood Development in the Upstate KIDS Study.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An increasing percentage of births are conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART) and other infertility treatment. Despite findings that such treatments may be associated with diminished gestation and birth size, scarce data exist regarding infertility treatments and children's development in the United States.

Objective

To assess the use and type of infertility treatment in relation to children's development through age 36 months.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study (conducted 2008-2014) that sampled based on infertility treatment and plurality. Included in the study were infants born between 2008 and 2010 in New York state (excluding New York City) whose parents completed developmental screening instruments through 36 mon

SUBMITTER: Yeung EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5000851 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature