Investigating the impact of asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection on female fertility and in vitro fertilization outcomes: A retrospective cohort study
Background: The current study aimed to investigate the impact of asymptomatic or mild severe acute respira-tory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on female fertility and laboratory and clinical outcomes in assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments. Methods: Patients undergoing ART treatments in the Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, from May 2020 to February 2021 were enrolled. Seventy of them were positive for serum SARS-CoV-2 anti-bodies (IgG and/or IgM), and 3973 patients had negative results. Propensity score matching with a ratio of 1:3 was performed, and there were 65 females in the case group and 195 females in the control group. Findings: The ovarian reserves and ovarian responses between groups after matching were similar. The pro-portions of mature oocytes, damaged oocytes, fertilized oocytes, cleavage embryos, high-quality embryos, and available blastocysts were also similar, despite a slight decrease in the blastocyst formation rate in the case group. In addition, there were no significant differences in terms of the biochemical pregnancy rate, clin-ical pregnancy rate, early miscarriage rate, or implantation rate. Interpretation: There is no evidence that a history of asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection in females may negatively affect female fertility, embryo laboratory outcomes, or clinical outcomes in ART treatments. Funding: This study was supported by the National Key Research and Development Project (2018YFC1002103) and the Health Commission of Hubei Province Scientific Research Project (WJ2021M110). (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
基金:
National Key Research and Development Project [2018YFC1002103]; Health Commission of Hubei Province Scientific Research Project [WJ2021M110]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Reprod Med Ctr, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China
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Wang Meng,Yang Qiyu,Ren Xinling,et al.Investigating the impact of asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection on female fertility and in vitro fertilization outcomes: A retrospective cohort study[J].ECLINICALMEDICINE.2021,38:doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101013.
APA:
Wang, Meng,Yang, Qiyu,Ren, Xinling,Hu, Juan,Li, Zhou...&Jin, Lei.(2021).Investigating the impact of asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection on female fertility and in vitro fertilization outcomes: A retrospective cohort study.ECLINICALMEDICINE,38,
MLA:
Wang, Meng,et al."Investigating the impact of asymptomatic or mild SARS-CoV-2 infection on female fertility and in vitro fertilization outcomes: A retrospective cohort study".ECLINICALMEDICINE 38.(2021)