Human Reproduction, Vol. 16, No. 7, 1501-1504,
July 2001
© 2001 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
First-trimester screening for trisomy 21 in singleton pregnancies achieved by assisted reproduction
1 Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital Medical School, London and 2 Endocrine Unit, Clinical Biochemistry Department, Harold Wood Hospital, Romford, Essex, UK
BACKGROUND: The possible effect of assisted reproduction on first-trimester screening for trisomy 21 was examined by fetal nuchal translucency thickness (NT), maternal serum free ß-human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A). METHODS: Parameters were measured at 11–14 weeks in 411 singleton pregnancies achieved by controlled ovarian stimulation, including 220 that had undergone IVF. Results were compared with 1233 singleton pregnancies conceived spontaneously. RESULTS: In the IVF pregnancies, the median fetal NT was not significantly different from that in controls, whilst the median free ß-HCG was significantly increased, and PAPP-A was significantly decreased. In the intracytoplasmic sperm injection group, fetal NT and free ß-HCG values were not significantly different from those in controls, but PAPP-A was significantly decreased. In those pregnancies achieved by ovarian stimulation, neither fetal NT, free ß-HCG nor PAPP-A were significantly different from the control group. CONCLUSIONS: In IVF pregnancies, screening for trisomy 21 by fetal NT, maternal serum free ß-HCG and PAPP-A levels may be associated with a 1.2% higher false-positive rate than in natural conception.
Key words: free ß-HCG/nuchal translucency/PAPP-A/screening/trisomy 21
3 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital Medical School Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. E-mail: kypros{at}fetalmedicine.com
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