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

University of Liege

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthetics Adverse Reaction; Anesthesia, General

Treatments: Drug: Anesthetics, Inhalation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04532502

GENREANES

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 143 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

143 participants in 1 patient group

Study group

Description:

All female assistants in anesthesia

Treatment:

Drug: Anesthetics, Inhalation