The Uppsala-Stockholm Assisted Reproductive Techniques (UppStART) study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Uppsala-Stockholm Assisted Reproductive Techniques (UppStART) study is a prospectively recruited sample of couples undergoing assisted reproduction in Stockholm and Uppsala county in Sweden. The study was initiated to (1) investigate possible changes in the epigenetic profile of infants inferred through the ART procedures and their consequence and (2) to assess the impact of lifestyle and health exposures on treatment outcome.

Participants

Recruitment took place between September 2011 and December 2013, and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles initiated and pregnancies conceived during this time were followed until December 2014. The cohort includes 971 participants (n= 514 women; n= 457 men), and 129 pregnancies were achieved from the first IVF cycle included in

SUBMITTER: Iliadou AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720339 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature