Kids conceived by IVF may be taller than others
(sz) Children born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) appear to be slightly taller than naturally conceived children, investigators in New Zealand report.
IVF has been used for nearly three decades, but most of the focus of research has been on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes rather than on school-age IVF children. That’s probably because as babies they have few apparent problems, Dr. Wayne S. Cutfield told Reuters Health. “They are thriving, healthy children as newborns,” he said.
To check up on older IVF kids, Cutfield, at the University of Auckland, and colleagues recruited healthy children aged 4 to 10 years who were born at full term. Their study included 69 children conceived by IVF using fresh embryos and 71 matched “controls” who were conceived in the normal way.
After factoring in parents’ heights, the IVF children were significantly taller than their peers, by about 3 centimeters or just over an inch, the investigators report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. more…
From: »Reuters«