Table I.
CA rates for live-born infants.
| Babies born with CAs (% of total in group) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | IVF-ET | ICSI | FET | χ2 | P-value |
| Total | 37 (1.27) | 22 (1.10) | 46 (1.10) | 0.488 | 0.783 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 20 (1.27) | 15 (1.51) | 25 (1.14) | 0.731 | 0.694 |
| Female | 17 (1.26) | 7 (0.70) | 21 (1.05) | 1.804 | 0.406 |
| Plurality | |||||
| Single | 20 (1.20) | 16 (1.34) | 34 (1.58) | 1.025 | 0.599 |
| Multiple | 17 (1.36) | 6 (0.75) | 12 (0.59) | 5.502 | 0.064 |
| Maternal age | |||||
| >35 years | 13 (2.60) | 4 (1.33) | 15 (2.97) | 2.182 | 0.336 |
| <35 years | 24 (0.99) | 18 (1.06) | 31 (0.84) | 0.717 | 0.699 |
CA, congenital abnormality; IVF-ET, in vitro fertilization fresh embryo transfer; ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; FET, frozen-thawed embryo transfer.