Table 1. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of ICSI and normal conception (NC) groups.
| ICSI (n = 42) | Control (n = 42) | P | ||
| Gender, n (%) | Boys | 19 (45.2%) | 19 (45.2%) | 0.999c |
| Girls | 23 (54.8%) | 23 (54.8%) | ||
| Twins, n (%) | Singletons | 13 (31%) | 36 (85.7%) | <0.0001c |
| Twins | 29 (69%) | 6 (14.3%) | ||
| Pregnancy outcome | Uneventful | 22 (52.4%) | 27 (71%) | 0.09c |
| Complicated | 20 (47.6%) | 11 (29%) | ||
| Type of delivery | Normal | 5 (11.9%) | 17 (40.5%) | 0.003c |
| Caesarean Section | 37 (88.1%) | 25 (59.5%) | ||
| Perinatal outcome/complications | Complicated | 19 (45.2%) | 16 (38.1%) | 0.5c |
| Uneventful | 23 (54.8%) | 26 (61.9%) | ||
| Breastfeeding | YES | 30 (73.2%) | 30 (71.4%) | 0.86c |
| NO | 11 (26.8%) | 12 (28.6%) | ||
| Growth for Gestational age | SGA | 18 (45%) | 13 (34.2%) | 0.33c |
| AGA | 22 (55%) | 25 (65.8%) | ||
| Gestational age (wk) | 36 (35–37) | 38 (37–40) | 0.0001a | |
| Birth weight-SDS | −0.39±0.95 | 0.42±0.9 | 0.0001b | |
| Birth Length-SDS | −0.1 (−0.5–5) | 0.5 (−0.3 0.7) | 0.015a | |
| Child's Age(yr) | 7.2 (6.1–8.2) | 7.2 (5.8–8.2) | 0.93a | |
| BMI-sds | −0.2 (−0.8–0.2) | −0.1 (−0.8–0.5) | 0.4a | |
| Height-sds | 0.17±0.92 | −0.11±0.99 | 0.17b | |
| Weight-sds | −0.09±0.8 | −0.03±0.96 | 0.7b | |
| Waist/height (WHtR) | 0.48 (0.45–0.5) | 0.48 (0.44–0.52) | 0.5a | |
| Waist/hip (WHR) | 0.96±0.06 | 0.94±0.06 | 0.4b | |
| SBP-sds | 0.006±0.9 | 0.83±1.02 | 0.0004b | |
| DBP-sds | −0.5 (−0.7–0.009) | −0.26 (−0.6–0.14) | 0.2a | |
| Mother's Age (yr) | 35.6±5.2 | 31.7±5.3 | 0.0013b | |
| Father's Age (yr) | 38 (33.5–40.5) | 35.5 (31–40) | 0.09a |
Differences between ICSI-Control children using Pearson X2 test, two sample Student t-test or Mann-Whitney U test, are depicted and expressed as mean±SD or median and IQR (interquartile range).
a
: Mann-Whitney test,
b
: Normal distribution, two-sample t-test,
c
: Pearson X2 test.
Abbreviations: AGA = Appropriate for Gestational Age; BMI = body mass index; SBP = systolic blood pressure DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ICSI = Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection; SGA = Small for Gestational Age; W/H = waist-to hip ratio (WHR); WHtR = Waist-to-height ratio.