Table 4.
IUC and infertility | IUC and PID | Emergency Contraception >48 hours |
|
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Age, years (ref<36)* | |||
36–45 | 1.5 (0.7–3.3) | 1.7 (0.9–3.4) | 3.2 (1.4–7.3)* |
46–55 | 1.9 (0.8–4.3) | 2.5 (1.3–5.1)* | 4.4 (1.9–10.1)* |
>56 | 3.7 (1.5–9.1)* | 2.7 (1.3–5.8)* | 6.9 (2.8–17.0)+ |
Specialty of obstetrics and gynecology (ref=Family medicine) |
0.3 (0.1–0.5)+ | 0.5 (0.3–0.8)* | 0.3 (0.1–0.4)+ |
Frequency of prescribing contraception (ref=frequently) |
|||
Never or rarely |
0.7 (0.3–1.9) | 0.5 (0.2–1.4) | 0.9 (0.4–2.3) |
Occasionally | 1.7 (1.0–3.2) | 2.4 (1.4–4.2)* | 1.7 (1.0–3.1) |
Board certified (ref=no) |
0.6 (0.2–1.7) | 0.8 (0.3–1.8) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6)* |
Accepts Medicaid patients (ref=no) | 0.9 (0.5–1.7) | 0.6 (0.3–0.9)* | 0.9 (0.5–1.6) |
Does IUC insertions* (ref=no) |
0.4 (0.2–0.7)* | 0.5 (0.3–0.9)* | 0.5 (0.3–0.9)* |
p<0.05.
p<0.001.
Other variables included in the model are sex, race/ethnicity, professional degree, practice type, and region.