Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0272 |
| Title: | Deliveries and children born after in-vitro fertilisation in Sweden 1982-95: a retrospective cohort |
| Author(s): | Bergh T, Ericson A, et al. |
| Reference: | Lancet 1999; 354:1579- |
| Place of Study: | Sweden |
| Abstract: | Data from all in-vitro-fertilisation clinics in Sweden (=5856 children born between 1982 and 1995) were compared with data regarding all babies born in the general population (n=1 505 724). The rate of prematurity was higher in the IVF group ( 30.3 vs 6.3%). The rate of very low birth weight (<1500g) was higher (27.4 vs 4.6%). The rates of neural-tube defects and oesophageal atresia were higher than those in the controls. There was no increase in childhood cancer in the in-vitro- fertilisation group. |
| Keyword(s): | cancer in childhood, IVF, medicalised conception, medicalised conception, medically assisted fecundation, medically assisted fecundation, ovarian superovulation, prematurity, psychomotor development |
| Discussion: | This is the most important study on this subject. For obvious reasons we need to wait several years to have the results of studies assessing these children after puberty. |
| See Also: | 0210, 0120, 0118, 0102, 0040 |
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