Growth in children conceived by ART.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Is the growth pattern of children conceived by ART different compared to naturally conceived children.

Summary answer

Both ART and underlying parental subfertility may contribute to differences in early childhood growth between children conceived with and without the use of ART.

What is known already

Children conceived by ART weigh less and are shorter at the time of delivery. The extent to which differences in growth according to mode of conception persist during childhood, and the role of underlying parental subfertility, remains unclear.

Study design, size, duration

We conducted a prospective study population-based study. We studied 81 461 children participating in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and 544 113 adolesce

SUBMITTER: Magnus MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970724 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature