Conception by fertility treatment and cardiometabolic risk in middle childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate whether children conceived using assisted reproductive technology (ART) or ovulation induction (OI) have greater cardiometabolic risk than children conceived without treatment.

Design

Clinical assessments in 2018-2019 in the Upstate KIDS cohort.

Setting

Clinical sites in New York.

Patient(s)

Three hundred thirty-three singletons and 226 twins from 448 families.

Intervention(s)

Mothers reported their use of fertility treatment and its specific type at baseline and approximately 4 months after delivery. High validity of the self-reported use of ART was previously confirmed. The children were followed up from infancy through 8-10 years of age. A subgroup was invited to participate in clinic visits.

Main outcome measure(s)

The me

SUBMITTER: Yeung EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9329264 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature