OBJECTIVE: To determine if passage of sperm through columns of liquid albumin before their use in artificial insemination could affect the sex ratio at birth. DESIGN: Sperm were isolated by layering over columns of liquid albumin. The isolated fractions were inseminated into the uterus on the presumptive day of ovulation. SETTING: Patients were treated in 65 clinical practices (Sperm Centers) located both in this country (57) and abroad (8). PATIENTS: Individuals were self-selected by their desire to have a child of a specified sex. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The sex of offspring resulting from the insemination of isolated sperm. RESULTS: Insemination with sperm isolated to enhance male sex preselection produced 71% and 76% males depending on the technique. Use of isolated sperm in women who were taking clomiphene citrate was associated with a 69% birth of females. CONCLUSIONS: Separation of sperm on columns of liquid albumin can affect the sex ratio at birth.
OBJECTIVE: To determine if passage of sperm through columns of liquid albumin before their use in artificial insemination could affect the sex ratio at birth. DESIGN: Sperm were isolated by layering over columns of liquid albumin. The isolated fractions were inseminated into the uterus on the presumptive day of ovulation. SETTING:Patients were treated in 65 clinical practices (Sperm Centers) located both in this country (57) and abroad (8). PATIENTS: Individuals were self-selected by their desire to have a child of a specified sex. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The sex of offspring resulting from the insemination of isolated sperm. RESULTS: Insemination with sperm isolated to enhance male sex preselection produced 71% and 76% males depending on the technique. Use of isolated sperm in women who were taking clomiphene citrate was associated with a 69% birth of females. CONCLUSIONS: Separation of sperm on columns of liquid albumin can affect the sex ratio at birth.
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Americas; Artificial Insemination; Biology; Clinical Research; Clomiphene; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Fertility Agents; Genitalia; Germ Cells; In Vitro; North America; Northern America; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Proteins; Reproduction; Reproductive Control Agents; Reproductive Technologies; Research Methodology; Research Report; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Preselection; Sex Ratio; Spermatozoa; Studies; United States; Urogenital System; World
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