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SUBMITTER: Bu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4239103 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bu Zhiqin Z Chen Zi-Jiang ZJ Huang Guoning G Zhang Hanwang H Wu Qiongfang Q Ma Yanping Y Shi Juanzi J Xu Yanwen Y Zhang Songying S Zhang Cuilian C Zhao Xiaoming X Zhang Bo B Huang Yuanhua Y Sun Zhengyi Z Kang Yuefan Y Wu Riran R Wu Xueqing X Sun Haixiang H Sun Yingpu Y
PloS one 20141120 11
In order to study the impact of procedures of IVF/ICSI technology on sex ratio in China, we conducted this multi-center retrospective study including 121,247 babies born to 93,895 women in China. There were 62,700 male babies and 58,477 female babies, making the sex ratio being 51.8% (Male: Female = 107:100). In univariate logistic regression analysis, sex ratio was imbalance toward females of 50.3% when ICSI was preformed compared to 47.7% when IVF was used (P<0.01). The sex ratio in IVF/ICSI ...[more]