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Pregnancy Outcome Among Twins Conceived After Subfertility Treatment Compared With Natural Twins: A Population-Based Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Michael F. G. Murphy*
Affiliation:
Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford Department of Pediatrics, Oxford, United Kingdom. michael.murphy@ccrg.oxford.ac.uk
Rachel E. Neale
Affiliation:
Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford Department of Pediatrics, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Kate Hey
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health & Primary Health Care, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Valerie A. Seagroatt
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health & Primary Health Care, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Michael J. Goldacre
Affiliation:
Division of Public Health & Primary Health Care, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Martin P. Vessey
Affiliation:
Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Bryony M. Willis
Affiliation:
The Women's Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Douglas J. Ellis
Affiliation:
The Women's Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
David H. Barlow
Affiliation:
Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
*
*Address for correspondence: Michael Murphy, Childhood Cancer Research Group, University of Oxford Department of Paediatrics, 57 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HJ, UK.

Abstract

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Pregnancy outcome and characteristics of women who conceive following subfertility treatment remains a subject of great interest. We analyzed these variables among 199 women who delivered a registerable twin birth compared with 1773 women who delivered a naturally conceived twin birth in a population-based obstetric cohort drawn from around Oxford, England. Treatment was restricted to conceptions involving simple ovulation induction only. Treated mothers were of significantly higher social class and older, more likely to deliver girls and to be delivered by cesarean section, and significantly less likely to be smokers at the time of antenatal booking and to have delivered previous pregnancies. Pregnancy outcome was similar between the two groups for most measures, with the exception of birthweight which was lower in treated twins, though not significantly so. Overall the results are reassuring with respect to outcome in twin pregnancies following simple ovulation induction.

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