Clinical Study

Evaluating the Association between Assisted Conception and the Severity of Preeclampsia

Table 2

Assisted conception: preeclamptic cases versus non-preeclamptic controls.

Type of treatmentUnadjusted OR95% CIAdjusted OR95% CI 𝑃 value

All assisted (IVF + IUI)1.40.63–2.932.21.03–4.720.042
IVF§3.31.1–11.95.31.74–15.890.003
IUI0.490.11–1.70.830.25–2.720.76

Adjusted for age and race.
Assisted pregnancies included use of clomiphene citrate, gonadotropins, IUI, IVF, ICSI, and donor egg.
§IVF pregnancies employed in vitro fertilization for conception.
IUI group included use of clomiphene citrate and gonadotropins. IVF was not used in this group.