Impact of Anesthetic Environment the Sex Ratio of the Children of Female Assistants

University of Liege143 enrolled

Overview

The aims of this multi center retrospective study was to determine: * whether the sex ratio of the offspring of female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation differs from that of the population at large * whether the assistants' work environment at the time of their offspring's conception influences the sex of their offspring

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

143

Conditions

Anesthesia, General Anesthetics Adverse Reaction

Interventions

Anesthetics, InhalationDRUG

Work environmental exposure

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Belgium) who conceived one or more children in the course of their training between 2009 and 2019 and who delivered before the end of 2019 (cut-off: midnight on 31 December 2019) Exclusion Criteria: * Male assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation * Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation who trained before 2009 or after 2019. * Female assistants in anesthesia-resuscitation who relied on medically assisted reproduction.

Locations (1)

ULiege

Liège, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Offspring sex ratio

Offspring sex ratio of female anesthesia assistants will be recorded

Time frame: 5 years (duration of anesthesia training)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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