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. 2023 Aug 8;14:1175394. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1175394

Table 3.

Subgroups analyses of the effect of WWI on infertility.

Subgroups N OR (95%CI), P-value P for interaction
Total Infertility
Age 0.009
Tertile 1 1090 49 1.78 (1.28, 2.49) <0.001
Tertile 2 1181 122 1.72 (1.36, 2.17), <0.001
Tertile 3 1255 193 1.16 (0.96, 1.42), 0.129
Race 0.9406
Mexican American 618 61 1.66 (1.14, 2.41), 0.007
Other Hispanic 369 30 1.45 (0.89, 2.38), 0.136
Non-Hispanic White 1146 141 1.52 (1.22, 1.89), <0.001
Non-Hispanic Black 776 75 1.38 (1.05, 1.81), 0.023
Other Race - Including Multi-Racial 617 57 1.40 (0.95, 2.06), 0.088
Education lever 0.1717
Less than 9th grade 159 13 0.88 (0.43, 1.82), 0.731
9-11th grade 333 38 2.30 (1.44, 3.66), <0.001
High school graduate/GED or equivalent 605 71 1.38 (1.01, 1.88), 0.044
Some college or AA degree 1179 139 1.34 (1.07, 1.67), 0.009
College graduate or above 863 103 1.49 (1.12, 1.99), 0.006
Marital status 0.5127
Married or living with partner 1369 267 1.36 (1.13, 1.63), 0.001
Living alone 1770 97 1.49 (1.21, 1.83), <0.001
Smoked at least 100 cigarettes 0.8891
Yes 944 131 1.42 (1.14, 1.78), 0.002
No 2582 233 1.45 (1.22, 1.72), <0.001
Had at least 12 alcohol drinks/1 year 0.2265
Yes 2467 272 1.55 (1.32, 1.81), <0.001
No 1059 92 1.27 (0.96, 1.68), 0.088
Had regular periods in past 12 months 0.9038
Yes 3179 326 1.46 (1.27, 1.69), <0.001
No 347 38 1.42 (0.93, 2.17), 0.100
Age when first menstrual period occurred 0.2797
Age<10 162 28 1.19 (0.74, 1.83), 0.4701
10≤Age<15 2904 289 1.40 (1.20, 1.64), <0.001
15≤Age ≤ 20 460 47 1.86 (1.28, 2.69), 0.001

Subgroup analysis for the association between WWI and infertility. None of the stratifications including race, Education lever, Marital status, smoked at least 100 cigarettes, had at least 12 alcohol drinks/1 year and had regular periods in past 12 months affected the positive association of WWI and infertility.