Effects of air pollution on clinical pregnancy rates after in vitro fertilisation (IVF): a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of air pollution, from oocyte retrieval to embryo transfer, on the results of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in terms of clinical pregnancy rates, at two fertility centres, from 2013 to 2019.

Design

Exploratory retrospective cohort study.

Setting

This retrospective cohort study was performed in the Reproductive Biology Department of Bordeaux University Hospital localised in Bordeaux, France and the Jean Villar Fertility Center localised in Bruges, France.

Participants

This study included 10 763 IVF attempts occurring between January 2013 and December 2019, 2194 of which resulted in a clinical pregnancy.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The outcome of the IVF attempt was recorded as the presence or absence of a clinica

SUBMITTER: Tartaglia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710341 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature