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Lab 1 --Z3465141 (talk) 12:45, 6 August 2014 (EST)
Lab 2 --Z3465141 (talk) 11:56, 13 August 2014 (EST)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
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Assessment 1
Research Article 1
Kimberley Garbedian, Miranda Boggild, Joel Moody, Kimberly E Liu Effect of vitamin D status on clinical pregnancy rates following in vitro fertilization. CMAJ Open: 2013, 1(2);E77-82 PMID:25077107
The article above aim was to determine whether vitamin D levels effects women’s clinical pregnancy rates following in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. A total of 173 infertile women participated in the study that met the following criteria: being in the age category of 18-41 years, follicle-stimulating hormone level 12 IU/L or lower, as well as consent.
Participants of this study were divided into two categories based on their Vitamin D via the serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25[OH]D) levels. Sufficient levels were classified for women to have ≥ 75 nmol/L of vitamin D whereas insufficient levels were classed as being < 75 nmol/L vitamin D levels. Successful patients IVF cycles resulted in a clinical pregnancy, which is defined as a visible intrauterine sac upon ultrasound.
The study concluded that the womens clinical pregnancy rates were subsequently higher per IVF cycle if the patient had a sufficient level of Vitamin D. Thus forming a relationship between serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25[OH]D) levels and clinical pregnancy rates.
