Comparison of Fetal Thymus Volumes of Pregnant Women With In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Spontaneous Pregnant Women.

Comparison of 18-24 Week Pregnant Women With in Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Pregnant Women With Spontaneous Pregnancy in the Same Week in Terms of Fetal Thymus Volume

The purpose of the study was to compare the fetal thymus volumes of 18-24-week pregnant women with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and spontaneous pregnant women.

Inclusion Criteria:

• pregnant between 18-24 weeks
• had no complaints
• between the ages of 18-35
• conceived with in vitro fertilization or spontaneously

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of endocrinopathies (including diabetes mellitus, hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's disease, and congenital adrenal hyperplasia), systemic diseases (e.g. asthma), collagen disorder, hypercholesterolemia, sickle cell anemia, or neoplasm,
• those who had a history of coronary artery disease, angina, or myocardial infarction, or a history of hypertension, coronary arteritis, and electrocardiographic changes that suggest any known history of vascular, infectious, or inflammatory disease, maternal autoimmune disease,
• use of any drugs other than those used for IVF (e.g. insulin sensitizing drugs, oral contraceptives, antiandrogens, statins, aspirin, and corticosteroids) in the 3 months before the pregnancy,
• multiple pregnancy,
• present cigarette and alcohol use,
• abnormal renal, hepatic, and thyroid function test results;
• refusing to participate in the study,
• abnormal fetal findings (fetal anomaly, increased nape transparency, first-second trimester screening test disorder),
• cases who did not meet the criteria for pregnancy after the first tube treatment (ICSI-ET) because of normoresponder, unexplained infertility, or male factor