Assisted reproduction technology and long-term cardiometabolic health in the offspring

Ronald C W Ma; Noel Y H Ng; Lai Ping Cheung

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003724

Assisted reproduction technology and long-term cardiometabolic health in the offspring

PLoS Med. 2021 Sep 7;18(9):e1003724. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003724. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Ronald C W Ma^{1

2

3}, Noel Y H Ng¹, Lai Ping Cheung⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
² Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong.

Abstract

Ronald Ma and co-authors discuss Emma Norrman and colleagues' accompanying research study on the health of children born with assisted reproductive technology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases* / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases* / etiology
Humans
Reproduction
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted*
Technology

Grants and funding

RCWM acknowledge support from the Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund (R4012-18), RGC General Research Fund (Ref. 14118718), and the Croucher Foundation. NYHN acknowledge support from a RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship.