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. 2024 May 27;16:937–946. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S461950

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Participants

Characteristic Total Control Infertility P-value
N=1556 N=1387 N=169
Age, (years) 31.40 ± 8.07 30.92 ± 8.03 34.88 ± 7.51 <0.001
Poverty income ratio (PIR) 2.56 ± 1.64 2.55 ± 1.64 2.69 ± 1.66 0.294
Fasting Glucose (mg/dl) 98.33 ± 22.05 97.77 ± 20.09 102.40 ± 32.63 0.007
Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) 179.37 ± 35.88 179.25 ± 35.73 180.25 ± 36.97 0.718
HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl) 57.76 ± 15.97 58.27 ± 15.99 54.04 ± 15.35 <0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 103.47 ± 30.50 103.04 ± 30.37 106.65 ± 31.27 0.123
Triglyceride (mg/dl) 91.30 ± 62.01 90.21 ± 59.94 99.22 ± 74.88 0.061
HbA1c (%) 5.34 ± 0.67 5.31 ± 0.63 5.51 ± 0.94 <0.001
TyG 8.22 ± 0.63 8.21 ± 0.63 8.34 ± 0.63 0.005
Race, (%) 0.486
 Mexican American 11.93 12.26 9.56
 Other Hispanic 7.89 8.03 6.93
 Non-Hispanic white 55.90 55.07 61.89
 Non-Hispanic black 13.16 13.26 12.41
 Other Races 11.12 11.38 9.21
Education level (%) 0.253
 Less than high school 12.04 11.82 13.57
 High school 20.72 21.38 16.27
 Above high school 67.23 66.80 70.17
Marital status <0.001
 Married or living with partner 60.48 57.47 80.92
 Living alone 39.52 42.53 19.08
BMI (kg/m2) <0.001
 <25 36.57 38.18 24.95
 ≥25 63.43 61.82 75.05
Smoking status (%) 0.027
 Yes 31.61 30.64 38.59
 No 68.39 69.36 61.41
Alcohol drinking status (%) 0.007
 Yes 7.70 6.92 12.80
 No 92.30 93.08 87.20
Hypertension (%) <0.001
 Yes 14.10 12.55 25.35
 No 85.90 87.45 74.65
Diabetes (%) <0.001
 Yes 4.78 3.91 11.03
 No 95.22 96.09 88.97
Had regular periods in past 12 months (%) <0.001
 Yes 89.33 90.33 82.14
 No 10.67 9.67 17.86
Ever treated for a pelvic infection/PID (%) 0.003
 Yes 4.25 3.69 8.28
 No 95.75 96.31 91.72
Ever taken birth control pills (%) 0.140
 Yes 73.18 72.56 77.65
 No 26.82 27.44 22.35