בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

 Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have been associated with the development of endothelial dysfunction.

determine potential differences in outcomes associated with pulmonary vascular disease in infants born to mothers receiving any infertility treatment including ART and non‐IVF fertility treatments (NIFTs).

The sample was derived from an administrative database containing detailed information on infant and maternal characteristics for live‐born infants in California (2007‐2012) with gestational age (GA) 22 to 44 weeks.

Cases were defined as infants with ICD‐9 code for pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) and records for ART/NIFT. Controls were randomly selected at a 1:4 ratio. The primary outcome was 1‐year mortality.

Crude and adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated.