IVF conception has no effect on academic performance: Aus study
The data from nearly half a million children provides reassurance for parents and clinicians, say the University of Melbourne researchers
Children born through IVF are academically and developmentally on par with their spontaneously conceived peers, according to a landmark Australian study.
University of Melbourne–led researchers say their analysis of data from almost half a million kids should reassure current and prospective parents, as well as clinicians involved in assisted reproductive technology.
Historical studies suggested IVF-conceived children had poorer school-related outcomes than non-IVF children, but results from the latest study show this is not the case.
“We found no difference in school-age childhood developmental and educational outcomes between IVF- and spontaneously conceived children,” the authors reported in PLOS Medicine.
