Infertility treatment and autism risk using the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT).

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Are toddlers conceived by fertility treatment at higher risk of failing a screening tool for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) than toddlers not conceived by treatment?

Summary answer

Compared with children not conceived by infertility treatment, children conceived by any infertility treatment, ovulation induction with or without intrauterine insemination (OI/IUI), or assisted reproductive technologies (ART) appeared to have had higher odds of failing an ASD screening; however, results were inconclusive and need replication.

What is known already

Although most of the studies which have examined risk of ASD after ART show no association, the results are mixed. Thus, further studies are needed to clarify this association.

Study design size, duration

SUBMITTER: Robinson SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489552 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature