Analyses were conducted separately for singletons and twins. Inaddition, we subdivided low-birth-weight infants into term andpreterm infants. Preterm delivery was defined as delivery at lessthan 37 completed weeks of gestation. We calculated gestationalage as the interval from the date of oocyte retrieval and fertilizationto the date of birth. For procedures performed with the use of fro-zen embryos and for other procedures for which the date of oocyteretrieval was missing, the gestational age was calculated as the in-terval from the date of embryo transfer to the date of birth. Tomake the estimates comparable with those in the general popula-tion, we computed the estimated postmenstrual age (the age ac-cording to the last menstrual period) as the gestational age in daysplus 14. Term low birth weight was defined as a weight of 2500 gor less with delivery at term; preterm low birth weight was definedas a weight of 2500 g or less with preterm delivery.
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