Authors
A Moini, M Shiva, A Arabipoor, R Hosseini, M Chehrazi, M Sadeghi
Publication date
2012/11/1
Journal
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume
165
Issue
1
Pages
29-32
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
OBJECTIVE
To compare the obstetric and neonatal outcomes of twin pregnancies conceived by assisted reproduction technology (ART) with spontaneously conceived (SC) twin pregnancies.
STUDY DESIGN
A prospective cohort study compared all dichorionic twin pregnancies in nulliparous women following fresh in vitro fertilization/intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or ICSI cycles at Royan Institute (n=320) with SC dichorionic twin pregnancies in nulliparous women at Arash Women's hospital (n=170) from January 2008 to October 2010. These pregnancies were followed-up until hospital discharge following delivery. Obstetric and neonatal outcomes of SC and ART twin pregnancies were compared.
RESULTS
Multivariate analysis, adjusted for maternal age and body mass index, revealed that the obstetric outcomes were similar in both groups. However, the risks of very preterm birth [odds ratio (OR) 5.2, 95 …
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