Influence of subfertility and assisted reproductive technology treatment on mortality of women after delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare incidence, risk factors, and etiology of women's deaths in fertile, subfertile, and undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) in the years after delivery.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

University hospital.

Patient(s)

Women who had delivered in Massachusetts.

Intervention(s)

This study used data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System linked to vital records, hospital stays, and the Massachusetts death file. Mortality of patients delivered from 2004-2013 was evaluated through 2015. The exposure groups, determined on the basis of the last delivery, were ART-treated (linked to Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System), subfertile (no ART but

SUBMITTER: Coddington CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7088468 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature