title: Does a woman's educational attainment influence in vitro fertilization outcomes?
abstract: The association between educational level and cycle outcomes was quantified by applying multivariable logistic and linear regression within a prospective cohort of 2,569 women commencing their first in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle. Although a woman's educational attainment was not associated with the likelihood of implantation failure, chemical pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, or live birth, the odds of cycle cancellation before egg retrieval were 40% lower among those with an college degree and 48% lower among those with graduate school attendance compared with women who had no college degree, suggesting that educational attainment is inversely associated with the likelihood of cycle cancellation.
authors: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. smahalingaiah@partners.org
authors: Shruthi
authors: S
authors: Mahalingaiah
authors: Katharine F
authors: KF
authors: Berry
authors: Mark D
authors: MD
authors: Hornstein
authors: Daniel W
authors: DW
authors: Cramer
authors: Stacey A
authors: SA
authors: Missmer
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