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. 2018 Dec 4;74(2):106–113. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211886

Table 5.

Comparing the risk of asthma at 7 years among children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies with children of parents who tried to become pregnant for 12 months or were previously treated for unwanted childlessness in the MoBa

Exposure N N cases (%) Unadjusted
RR (95% CI)
Adjusted*
RR (95% CI)
Previously treated for unwanted childlessness 4653 244 (5.2) 1 1
Conceived by assisted reproductive technologies 1391 85 (6.1) 1.17 (0. 92 to 1.48) 1.23 (0.95 to 1.58)
Time to conception >12 months 4964 262 (5.3) 1 1
Conceived by assisted reproductive technologies 1391 85 (6.1) 1.16 (0.91 to 1.47) 1.22 (0.95 to 1.57)

*Adjusted for maternal age, parity, education, smoking during pregnancy, prepregnancy BMI and maternal current asthma.

BMI, body mass index; MoBa, Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study; RR, relative risk.