IVF babies ‘just as healthy’ as naturally conceived ones in adulthood

Both groups have similar vascular and cardiometabolic measures, say researchers
Jocelyn Wright
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Australia’s first babies born using assisted reproductive technologies appear just as healthy in adulthood as those conceived naturally, according to new findings.

The research is the largest population-based comparison to date, covering 193 adults aged 22-35 who were conceived through IVF or gamete intrafallopian transfer, matched with 86 controls of the same age.