Children born by IVF perform above average on standardized tests compared to their peers, study suggests

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:21 in Psychology & Sociology

Children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) perform at least as well as their peers on academic tests at all ages from grade 3 to 12, according to a new study. Among children born by IVF, the researchers did find a potentially concerning trend toward worse test scores for multiple births -- single babies performed better than twins, who performed better than triplets. However, this trend was not statistically significant and the triplets still did better that the average score of non-IVF children.

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