ORIGINAL ARTICLE: ENVIRONMENT AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
Risk of poor neonatal outcome at term after medically assisted reproduction: a propensity score–matched study Sabine Ensing, M.D.,a,b Ameen Abu-Hanna, Ph.D.,b Tessa J. Roseboom, Ph.D.,b,c Sjoerd Repping, Ph.D.,d Fulco van der Veen, M.D., Ph.D.,d Ben Willem J. Mol, M.D., Ph.D.,a,e and Anita C. J. Ravelli, Ph.D.b a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, b Department of Medical Informatics, c Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and d Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and e School of Pediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Objective: To study risk of birth asphyxia and related morbidity among term singletons born after medically assisted reproduction (MAR). Design: Population cohort study. Setting: Not applicable. Patient(s): A total of 1,953,932 term singleton pregnancies selected from a national registry for 1999–2011. Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): Primary outcome Apgar score
Risk of poor neonatal outcome at term after medically assisted reproduction: a propensity score–matched study Sabine Ensing, M.D.,a,b Ameen Abu-Hanna, Ph.D.,b Tessa J. Roseboom, Ph.D.,b,c Sjoerd Repping, Ph.D.,d Fulco van der Veen, M.D., Ph.D.,d Ben Willem J. Mol, M.D., Ph.D.,a,e and Anita C. J. Ravelli, Ph.D.b a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, b Department of Medical Informatics, c Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, and d Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and e School of Pediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Objective: To study risk of birth asphyxia and related morbidity among term singletons born after medically assisted reproduction (MAR). Design: Population cohort study. Setting: Not applicable. Patient(s): A total of 1,953,932 term singleton pregnancies selected from a national registry for 1999–2011. Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): Primary outcome Apgar score
