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Published in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 4/2019

01-04-2019 | Chromosomal Abnormality | Genetics

Maternal age, history of miscarriage, and embryonic/fetal size are associated with cytogenetic results of spontaneous early miscarriages

Authors: Nobuaki Ozawa, Kohei Ogawa, Aiko Sasaki, Mari Mitsui, Seiji Wada, Haruhiko Sago

Published in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics | Issue 4/2019

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Abstract

Purpose

To clarify the associations of the maternal age, history of miscarriage, and embryonic/fetal size at miscarriage with the frequencies and profiles of cytogenetic abnormalities detected in spontaneous early miscarriages.

Methods

Miscarriages before 12 weeks of gestation, whose karyotypes were evaluated by G-banding between May 1, 2005, and May 31, 2017, were included in this study. The relationships between their karyotypes and clinical findings were assessed using trend or chi-square/Fisher’s exact tests and multivariate logistic analyses.

Results

Three hundred of 364 miscarriage specimens (82.4%) had abnormal karyotypes. An older maternal age was significantly associated with the frequency of abnormal karyotype (ptrend < 0.001), particularly autosomal non-viable and viable trisomies (ptrend 0.001 and 0.025, respectively). Women with ≥ 2 previous miscarriages had a significantly lower possibility of miscarriages with abnormal karyotype than women with < 2 previous miscarriages (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.48; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 0.27–0.85). Although viable trisomy was observed more frequently in proportion to the increase in embryonic/fetal size at miscarriage (ptrend < 0.001), non-viable trisomy was observed more frequently in miscarriages with an embryonic/fetal size < 10 mm (aOR, 2.41; 95% CI, 1.27–4.58), but less frequently in miscarriages with an embryonic/fetal size ≥ 20 mm (aOR, 0.01; 95% CI, 0.00–0.07) than in anembryonic miscarriages.

Conclusions

The maternal age, history of miscarriage, and embryonic/fetal size at miscarriage may be independently associated with the frequencies or profiles of cytogenetic abnormalities in early miscarriages.
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Metadata
Title
Maternal age, history of miscarriage, and embryonic/fetal size are associated with cytogenetic results of spontaneous early miscarriages
Authors
Nobuaki Ozawa
Kohei Ogawa
Aiko Sasaki
Mari Mitsui
Seiji Wada
Haruhiko Sago
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1058-0468
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-019-01415-y

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