Xitong Liu1, Juanzi Shi1, Ben W Mol2, Haiyan Bai3. 1. The Assisted Reproduction Center, Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash Medical Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 3. The Assisted Reproduction Center, Northwest Women's and Children's Hospital, Xi'an, China. 295784720@qq.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the association between maternal education level and live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF). METHODS: We studied women who underwent the first cycle of fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer between 2014 and 2019. Women were divided into four educational categories according to the level of education received (elementary school graduate or less, middle school graduate, high school graduate, college graduate or higher). The live birth rate was compared between different education level groups. We used logistic regression to analyze the association between maternal education level and live birth after IVF. RESULTS: We studied 41,546 women, who were grouped by maternal educational level: elementary school graduate or less (n = 1590), middle school graduate (n = 10,996), high school graduate (n = 8354), and college graduate or higher (n = 20,606). In multivariable logistic regression analysis, we did not demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between educational level and live birth in middle school graduate (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84-1.09), high school graduate (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.87-1.14) or college graduate or higher (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.88-1.14) patients, with elementary school graduate or less as the reference group. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal educational level was not associated with the likelihood of live birth in patients undergoing fresh or frozen embryo transfer.
PURPOSE: To assess the association between maternal education level and live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF). METHODS: We studied women who underwent the first cycle of fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer between 2014 and 2019. Women were divided into four educational categories according to the level of education received (elementary school graduate or less, middle school graduate, high school graduate, college graduate or higher). The live birth rate was compared between different education level groups. We used logistic regression to analyze the association between maternal education level and live birth after IVF. RESULTS: We studied 41,546 women, who were grouped by maternal educational level: elementary school graduate or less (n = 1590), middle school graduate (n = 10,996), high school graduate (n = 8354), and college graduate or higher (n = 20,606). In multivariable logistic regression analysis, we did not demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between educational level and live birth in middle school graduate (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84-1.09), high school graduate (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.87-1.14) or college graduate or higher (AOR 1.01; 95% CI, 0.88-1.14) patients, with elementary school graduate or less as the reference group. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal educational level was not associated with the likelihood of live birth in patients undergoing fresh or frozen embryo transfer.