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ReviewToxicology research2025

Meta-analysis of studies testing the association between air pollution and live birth rates in women undergoing assisted reproductive technology.

Juan Hu, Huiqiu Zheng, Yan Wu, Qing Yan, Minghao Zhang, Shikun Sun, Meidi Gong, Rao Zheng, Shujing Jia, Rui Zhou and 1 more

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Review in Toxicology research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Juan HuDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Huiqiu ZhengDepartment of Child and Adolescent Health and Health Education, School of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Jinshan development Zone, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010110, China.
Yan WuDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Qing YanDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Minghao ZhangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Shikun SunDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi Street, Gusu District, Suzhou 215006, China.
Meidi GongDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Rao ZhengDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.
Shujing JiaDepartment of Ultrasound, Hohhot Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, 33 Baotou Street, Yuquan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010110, China.
Rui ZhouDepartment of Neonatology, Hohhot Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, 33 Baotou Street, Yuquan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010110, China.
Jing WuDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 199 Renai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4134-8639

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amidst a proliferation of research on air pollutants and negative pregnancy outcomes, uncertainty lingers regarding their impact on live birth rates in women receiving assisted reproductive technology (ART). This meta-analysis aims to clarify this vital issue. We searched EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science databases, targeting articles published prior to 2023 August 2. We pooled relative risks (RRs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) across all included studies to assess the relationship between exposure to air pollutants and live birth rates. From an initial 5,785 citations, we identified five eligible papers with a total sample size of approximately 282,000 participants. In the year prior to oocyte retrieval, for every 10 μg/m

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air pollutionassisted reproduction technologylive birthmeta-analysis

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PMID40046769
PMCPMC11878799

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