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Table 4 Unadjusted and adjusted association between child-health outcomes and ART at the 2015 Pelotas, Brazil, Birth Cohort

From: Maternal and child-health outcomes in pregnancies following Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): a prospective cohort study

 

Total pregnancies

Crude

Adjusteda

 

β

95%CI

p

β

95%CI

p

Gestational age at delivery (weeks)

−1.59

−2.6; −0.64

0.001*

−1.42

−2.29; −0.55

0.001*

1-min Apgar

0.07

−0.59; 0.74

0.83

−0.34

−0.98; 0.30

0.30

5-min Apgar

−0.01

−0.38; 0.35

0.94

−0.18

− 0.51; 0.15

0.28

Birthweight (g)

− 340.13

− 571.19; − 109.07

0.004*

−346.9

− 567.9; − 125.8

0.002*

Length at birth (cm)

−2.17

−3.3; −1.05

< 0.001*

− 2.15

− 3.22; − 1.08

< 0.001*

Head circumference at birth (cm)

−0.75

−1.55; 0.05

0.06

−0.89

−1.66; 0.12

0.02*

Breastfeeding up to 12 months (days)

4.52

− 53.3; 62.4

0.88

−19.0

−76.79; 38.7

0.52

 

OR

95%CI

p

OR

95%CI

p

Preterm birth (< 37 weeks)

2.93

1.24; 6.94

0.02*

3.28

1.32; 8.13

0.01*

Breastfeeding at 12 months

1.25

0.55; 2.83

0.60

1.00

0.99; 1.00

0.38

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)

1.54

0.57; 4.17

0.39

1.77

0.63; 4.94

0.28

Health complications at birth

2.29

0.85; 6.21

0.10

2.01

0.72; 5.69

0.18

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, ART assisted reproductive technology
  2. aAdjusted for maternal age, family income, parity and pre-gestational BMI. *p < 0.05