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Smoking Hurts Odds of Successful In-Vitro Fertilization
Smoking seems to fast-forward a woman's reproductive clock and can dim her odds of becoming pregnant via in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Reuters reported April 7, 2005.
"What our research clearly shows is that both smoking and being overweight unfavorably affect the live-birth rate after IVF," said Professor Didi Braat of Radboud University's Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands. "It is comparable to adding a decade to the reproductive age of a 20-year-old. This means it makes her the equivalent of a 30-year-old nonsmoker in reproductive terms."
While 20 percent of nonsmoking women with unexplained fertility problems were able to deliver live babies, just 13 percent of smokers were able to do so. Women who were overweight had a 33-percent lower chance of delivering a live baby, according to the Dutch study.
Researchers said that women who quit smoking and lost weight would improve their odds of having children. The study was published in the April 2005 issue of the journal Human Reproduction.
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