Department of Pediatrics, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon.
Pan African University Institute for Life and Earth Sciences (Including Health and Agriculture), PAULESI, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Ghana Med J. 2023 Jun;57(2):122-127. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v57i2.6.
To evaluate the risk of prematurity in Cameroonian children born after in vitro Fertilisation.
A retrospective cohort study.
Conducted at the pediatric department of the Hospital Center for Research and Application in Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproduction (HCRAESHR) in Yaoundé over eight months.
Every newborn born after in vitro fertilisation (exposed group) and those born after spontaneous conception (non-exposed group) from a singleton pregnancy were included. Multiple pregnancies were excluded. One hundred newborns per group were recruited and matched according to the mode of delivery.
The main outcome measure was prematurity at birth. Data were collected from the medical records of the newborns and reported on individual questionnaires. The t Student test was used to assess the differences in gestational age between the two groups. The generalised linear model using binomial probability distribution was used for multivariate analysis to determine prematurity risk factors. All results with a p-value ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Prematurity was significantly predominant in the exposed group (22% and 5%, respectively, p=0.002) compared to the non-exposed group. The risk of prematurity in the exposed group was 4.4 times higher than in the non-exposed group. After controlling for confounders (the maternal age, the sex of the baby, and maternal hypertension), this risk increased significantly from 4.4 to 7.67 (p=0.001).
This study demonstrated the first evidence from our part of the world showing that in vitro fertilisation is an absolute risk of prematurity.
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评估喀麦隆体外受精后出生的儿童早产的风险。
回顾性队列研究。
在雅温得的内镜外科和人类生殖研究与应用中心(HCRAESHR)儿科进行,历时八个月。
纳入每例体外受精后出生的新生儿(暴露组)和自然受孕后出生的新生儿(非暴露组),均为单胎妊娠。排除多胎妊娠。每组招募 100 名新生儿,根据分娩方式进行匹配。
主要结局指标为出生时早产。从新生儿的病历中收集数据,并在个人问卷上报告。采用 t 检验评估两组之间的胎龄差异。使用二项概率分布的广义线性模型进行多变量分析,以确定早产的危险因素。所有 p 值≤0.05 的结果均被认为具有统计学意义。
与非暴露组(分别为 22%和 5%,p=0.002)相比,暴露组早产明显更为常见。与非暴露组相比,暴露组早产的风险高 4.4 倍。在控制混杂因素(母亲年龄、婴儿性别和母亲高血压)后,这种风险显著增加,从 4.4 倍增加到 7.67 倍(p=0.001)。
本研究首次从我们所在地区的角度证明,体外受精是早产的绝对风险。
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