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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2010 Jul 25;95(1):79–84. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.043

Table 3.

Unadjusted Relationship between Age, Fertility Characteristics, Treatments, and the Monthly Likelihood of Achieving a Pregnancy

N HR 95% CI P-Value Overall P-Value
Female age <35 162 1.00 ref ref
35–39 156 0.78 0.58 1.03 0.08
≥ 40 89 0.29 0.18 0.45 <0.001 <0.001
Male age <35 126 1.00 ref ref
35–39 129 0.70 0.51 0.97 0.03
≥40 101 0.56 0.39 0.81 <0.001
Unknown 52 0.53 0.33 0.84 0.01 0.004
Prior children No 309 1.00 ref ref
Yes 97 1.10 0.81 1.50 0.53 0.53
Prior pregnancy 0 193 1.00 ref ref
1 92 1.15 .82 1.62 .40
2 64 1.22 .83 1.81 .30
3+ 40 .81 .49 1.32 .39 .41
Prior fertility treatment Oral medications 251 1.05 0.79 1.40 0.74 0.74
Injectable medications 94 1.26 0.92 1.71 0.15 0.15
IUI 139 1.04 0.79 1.40 0.74 0.74
Duration of infertility < 1 year 69 1.00 ref ref
1–2 years 158 1.30 0.88 1.92 0.18
≥ 2 years 152 0.89 0.59 1.33 0.56
Unknown 29 0.69 0.35 1.37 0.29 0.03
Couple fertility diagnosis No known infertility factors 18 1.00 ref ref
Male factor only 29 0.67 0.34 1.34 0.26
Female factor only 238 0.45 0.26 0.78 0.01
Male and female factors 123 0.36 0.20 0.64 <0.001 0.002
Female diagnosis Tubal 57 0.94 0.64 1.40 0.77 0.77
Uterine 48 0.77 0.49 1.21 0.26 0.26
Ovarian 155 0.60 0.45 0.81 <0.001 <0.001
Ovulatory 109 1.29 0.96 1.73 0.09 0.09
Any cycle-based treatment No 86 1.00 ref ref
Yes 322 2.28 1.51 3.43 <0.001 <0.001
Medications only No cycle based treatment 86 1.00 ref ref
1–2 cycles 9 5.39 2.39 12.16 <0.001
3+ cycles 6 0.87 0.20 3.67 0.85 <0.001
Intrauterine insemination only No cycle based treatment 86 1.00 ref ref
1 cycle 33 3.14 1.81 5.44 <0.001
2 cycles 23 2.93 1.52 5.62 <0.001
3 cycles 15 3.12 1.53 6.34 <0.001
4+ cycles 20 1.63 0.79 3.39 0.19 <0.001
In vitro fertilization only No cycle based treatment 86 1.00 ref ref
1 cycle 83 2.46 1.52 3.98 <0.001
2 cycles 57 2.45 1.47 4.07 0.001
3+ cycles 52 1.49 0.85 2.59 0.16 <0.001