The effectiveness of flow cytometric sorting of human sperm (MicroSort®) for influencing a child’s sex

Table 5 Babies born of the targeted sex ^a and of the not targeted sex ^b , by ART type ^c , sort type ^d and age ^e

ART^c	Age^e(yr)	XSort^d		YSort^e
ART^c		# babies of targeted/not targeted sex	Targeted sex (%)	# babies of targeted/not targeted sex	Targeted sex (%)
IUI	<30	31/6	83.8	6/3	66.7
	30-34	162/12	93.1	27/4	87.1
	35-39	216/12	94.7	31/8	79.5
	>39	22/2	91.7	1/1	50.0
	All cycles	431/32	93.1	65/16	80.2
IVF/ICSI ^f	<30	63/3	95.5	37/2	94.8
	30-34	144/9	94.1	67/11	85.9
	35-39	240/15	94.1	83/13	86.5
	>39	65/7	90.3	28/6	82.4
	Unconfirmed	1/0	100.0	0/0	0.0
	All Cycles	513/34	93.8	215/32	87.0

^aTargeted sex = Female baby after XSort, Male baby after YSort.
^bNot targeted sex = Male baby after XSort, Female baby after YSort.
^cART (assisted reproductive technology) type = intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF/ICSI).
^dSort type = XSort, YSort: Sorting to recover X-bearing sperm or Y-bearing sperm, respectively.
^eAge of egg source at time of procedure (wife or egg donor, if used).
^fIncludes FET cycles.

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