Journal article
Assisted Reproductive Technology and Birth Defects Among Liveborn Infants in Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan, 2000-2010
JAMA pediatrics, Vol.170(6), pp.e154934-e154934
06/06/2016
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4934
PMCID: PMC4899282
PMID: 27043648
Abstract
Use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been associated with increased risks for birth defects. Variations in birth defect risks according to type of ART procedure have been noted, but findings are inconsistent.
To examine the prevalence of birth defects among liveborn infants conceived with and without ART and to evaluate risks associated with certain ART procedures among ART-conceived infants.
Used linked ART surveillance, birth certificates, and birth defects registry data for 3 states (Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan). Methods for ascertaining birth defect cases varied by state. Resident live births during 2000 to 2010 were included, and the analysis was conducted between Feburary 2015 and August 2015.
Use of ART among all live births and use of certain ART procedures among ART births.
Prevalence of selected chromosomal and nonchromosomal birth defects that are usually diagnosed at or immediately after birth.
Of the 4 618 076 liveborn infants between 2000 and 2010, 64 861 (1.4%) were conceived using ART. Overall, the prevalence of 1 or more of the selected nonchromosomal defects was 58.59 per 10 000 for ART infants (n = 389) vs 47.50 per 10 000 for non-ART infants (n = 22 036). The association remained significant after adjusting for maternal characteristics and year of birth (adjusted risk ratio [aRR], 1.28; 95% CI, 1.15-1.42). Similar differences were observed for singleton ART births vs their non-ART counterparts (63.69 per 10 000 [n = 218] vs 47.17 per 10 000 [n = 21 251]; aRR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.21-1.59). Among multiple births, the prevalence of rectal and large intestinal atresia/stenosis was higher for ART births compared with non-ART births (aRR, 2.39; 95% CI, 1.38-4.12). Among ART births conceived after fresh embryo transfer, infants born to mothers with ovulation disorders had a higher prevalence of nonchromosomal birth defects (aRR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.13-2.06) than those born to mothers without the diagnosis, and use of assisted hatching was associated with birth defects among singleton births (aRR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.10-2.19). Multiplicity-adjusted P values for these associations were greater than .05.
Infants conceived after ART had a higher prevalence of certain birth defects. Assisted hatching and diagnosis of ovulation disorder were marginally associated with increased risks for nonchromosomal birth defects; however, these associations may be caused by other underlying factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Birth Defects Among Liveborn Infants in Florida, Massachusetts, and Michigan, 2000-2010
- Creators
- Sheree L Boulet - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionRussell S Kirby - University of South FloridaJennita Reefhuis - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental DisabilitiesYujia Zhang - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionSaswati Sunderam - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionBruce Cohen - Massachusetts Department of Public HealthDana Bernson - Massachusetts Department of Public HealthGlenn Copeland - Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesMarie A Bailey - Florida Department of HealthDenise J Jamieson - National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionDmitry M Kissin - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionStates Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (SMART) Collaborative
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAMA pediatrics, Vol.170(6), pp.e154934-e154934
- DOI
- 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.4934
- PMID
- 27043648
- PMCID
- PMC4899282
- ISSN
- 2168-6203
- eISSN
- 2168-6211
- Grant note
- CC999999 / Intramural CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/06/2016
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology; VPMA - Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984446431802771
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