Validation of birth outcomes from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SART CORS): population-based analysis from the Massachusetts Outcome Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology (MOSART).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the validity of outcome data reported to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SART CORS) compared with data from vital records and the birth defects registry in Massachusetts.

Design

Longitudinal cohort.

Setting

Not applicable.

Participant(s)

A total of 342,035 live births and fetal deaths from Massachusetts mothers giving birth in the state from July 1, 2004, to December 31, 2008; 9,092 births and fetal deaths were from mothers who had conceived with the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) and whose cycle data had been reported to the SART CORS.

Intervention(s)

Not applicable.

Main outcome measure(s)

Percentage agreement between maternal race and ethnicity, delivery outcom

SUBMITTER: Stern JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5010979 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature