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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)
Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) 4/2014

01-12-2014 | Brief Report

Biological risk versus socio-economic advantage: low birth-weight, multiple births and income variations among Irish infants born following fertility treatments

Author: Aisling Murray

Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

The Growing Up in Ireland Infant Cohort dataset (n = 11,134) includes information on fertility treatments for over 400 infants. IVF (28.1 %) and IVF-related treatments (17.8 %) were the most frequent, but there was also a high percentage following clomiphene citrate alone (31.5 %). Infants born following fertility treatment were much more likely to be in higher income families, and this relationship was not accounted for by older mothers in wealthier families. Analysis of fertility-treatment pregnancies among Irish infants, controlling for income and maternal age, shows a greater risk of multiple birth and low birth-weight, although the latter appears to be largely related to the former especially for IVF-type treatments.
Footnotes
1
These 442 pregnancies are the basis of subsequent analyses in respect of fertility treatments, i.e. one infant per pregnancy. The twin children relating to the same birth event are excluded for all pregnancies (fertility and non-fertility treatments).
 
2
95 % confidence intervals throughout.
 
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Metadata
Title
Biological risk versus socio-economic advantage: low birth-weight, multiple births and income variations among Irish infants born following fertility treatments
Author
Aisling Murray
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer London
Published in
Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) / Issue 4/2014
Print ISSN: 0021-1265
Electronic ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-014-1134-z

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