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. 2024 Feb 22;39(10):e85. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2024.39.e85

Table 2. Association between BMI and infertility in women aged 20–46 years.

Variables Fertile matched control (n = 3,944) Infertile womena (n = 986) Women with primary infertilitya (n = 643) Women with secondary infertilitya (n = 313)
No. No. OR (95% CI)b No. OR (95% CI)b No. OR (95% CI)b
BMI, kg/m2
< 18.5 164 103 1.35 (1.03–1.77) 67 1.34 (0.97–1.83) 33 1.39 (0.92–2.09)
18.5–25 1,648 715 Ref 480 Ref 231 Ref
≥ 25 207 148 2.06 (1.61–2.64) 96 2.26 (1.70–3.01) 49 1.77 (1.22–2.58)

BMI = body mass index, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

aFertile matched control was selected from women aged 20–46 who participated in the National Survey on Fertility and Family Health and Welfare in 2009 & 2012 in the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

bOR was calculated using stratified age group, and adjusted for education in conditional logistic regression model.