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Women who conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were more likely to develop eclampsia during pregnancy, researchers found.
ART procedures, such as in vitro fertilization, were associated with more than a 50% increased risk of eclampsia (aOR 1.53, 95% CI 1.40-1.67), reported Adriana Facchiano, a medical student at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues.
Multiple gestations which occurred in almost 30% of ART pregnancies also were associated with eclampsia, and more research is needed to analyze this potential risk, Facchiano said in a presentation at the American College for Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) virtual meeting.
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A global study that gathered the rate of multiple births from 165 countries revealed an all-time high with at least half a million more twins born every year since 2010. The increase is mostly from continents where medically assisted reproduction (MAR) techniques were last introduced after the year 2000 - South Asia and Africa. But scientists believe the world has reached its peak twins rate, which is now expected to go downhill moving forward.
How the World Achieved Peak Twins Rate
Researchers studied data covering 99 percent of the human population, comparing data between 1980 to 1985 and 2010 to 2015. The rate of multiple births has increased by over 30 percent, from 9 to 12 twins birthed per 1,000 deliveries.
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