IVF CHILDREN PERFORM BETTER IN ACADEMICS ;
The Journal of Human production has published a remarkable article that Children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) actually perform better than age-and gender-matched peers on academic tests.The University of Iowa study found that children who were conceived by IVF actually scored better than their peers on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Iowa Test for Educational Development (ITBS/ED).
"This finding is very important for clinicians and patients as they suggest that being conceived through IVF does not have any detrimental effects on a child's intelligence or cognitive development," said study's lead author Bradley Van Voorhis.
For the study, Van Voorhis and colleagues compared the academic performance of 423 Iowa children, ages 8 to 17, who were conceived by IVF at UI Hospitals and Clinics with the performance of 372 age- and gender-matched peers from the same Iowa schools.They also analysed whether different characteristics of the children, parents or IVF methods affected children's test scores.
Different IVF procedures -- using fresh versus frozen embryos -- and different methods of insemination had no effect on children's test scores has been also documented by this study.Although the study was not able to fully explain why children conceived by IVF performed better than their peers, Van Voorhis speculated that parents of children conceive by IVF might be older and have higher levels of education than average.
DR.D.R.NAKIPURIA,SILIGURI
The Journal of Human production has published a remarkable article that Children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) actually perform better than age-and gender-matched peers on academic tests.The University of Iowa study found that children who were conceived by IVF actually scored better than their peers on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills and the Iowa Test for Educational Development (ITBS/ED).
"This finding is very important for clinicians and patients as they suggest that being conceived through IVF does not have any detrimental effects on a child's intelligence or cognitive development," said study's lead author Bradley Van Voorhis.
For the study, Van Voorhis and colleagues compared the academic performance of 423 Iowa children, ages 8 to 17, who were conceived by IVF at UI Hospitals and Clinics with the performance of 372 age- and gender-matched peers from the same Iowa schools.They also analysed whether different characteristics of the children, parents or IVF methods affected children's test scores.
Different IVF procedures -- using fresh versus frozen embryos -- and different methods of insemination had no effect on children's test scores has been also documented by this study.Although the study was not able to fully explain why children conceived by IVF performed better than their peers, Van Voorhis speculated that parents of children conceive by IVF might be older and have higher levels of education than average.
DR.D.R.NAKIPURIA,SILIGURI
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