title: Effect of parental physiological conditions and assisted reproductive technologies on the pregnancy and birth outcomes in infertile patients.
abstract: Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are widely used to treat infertility. Emerging evidence suggested that ART was associated with perinatal or neonatal problems, however, little is known about the ART related risk factors. Here using 21136 ART cases, we determined the impacts of parental physiological conditions in the ART mediated pregnancy outcomes. In addition, we further evaluated the effects of three different ART methods (frozen-thawed embryo transfer [FET], in vitro fertilization [IVF] and intracytoplasmic sperm injection [ICSI]) in the pregnancy and birth outcomes in ART mediated pregnancy. Our data revealed that older parental age increases the risks of abortion, preterm birth and low body weight birth. Higher maternal BMI (Body mass index) level correlates with higher abortion rate. Moreover, pregnancy with multiple fetuses has severer adverse outcomes compared to singleton pregnancy. Among the three ART methods, ICSI is associated with lower ratios of ectopic pregnancy, abortion and deformity compared to FET and IVF. Our study revealed new clinical insights into the ART related risk factors and suggested that both the parental physiological conditions and ART methods should be evaluated to develop better ART mediated infertility treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.|Department of Pediatrics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xinqi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Jianqiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Qiliang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Shaozhen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Yuanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Haiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Qiyi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: assisted reproductive technologies; birth defects; birth outcome; infertile; pregnancy