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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2011 Sep 25;96(5):1100–1106. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.038

Table 2.

Comparison of fertile and infertile groups before and after propensity score matching

BEFORE MATCHING AFTER MATCHING
Fertile OI IVF WMA Fertile Infertile Fertile OI Fertile IVF Fertile WMA
N 1246 106 251 104 430 430 105 105 251 251 102 102

Mean Age (SD) 30.6 (5.2) 33.4 (4.3) 34.7 (4.2) 34.1 (4.5) 33.9 (4.5) 34.0 (4.3) 33.4 (4.6) 33.4 (4.3) 34.7 (4.2) 34.7 (4.2) 34.3 (4.8) 34.0 (4.5)
Race
 White 65.3 91.5 84.9 87.5 87.0 86.3 91.4 92.4 86.5 84.9 86.3 87.3
 Black 16.5 1.9 5.2 7.7 4.7 5.1 1.0 1.0 4.4 5.2 7.8 7.8
 Other 18.2 6.6 10.0 4.8 8.4 8.6 7.6 6.7 9.2 10.0 5.9 4.9
Female Sex 49.1 47.6 46.4 47.1 49.5 47.9 46.7 47.6 51.8 46.6 49.0 47.1
Gestational diabetes 5.1 7.6 6.0 3.9 5.1 5.4 9.5 7.6 4.4 6.0 2.0 3.9
Preterm labor 18.0 9.4 10.0 14.4 11.4 11.6 7.6 9.5 8.8 10.0 11.8 14.7
Premature rupture of membranes 3.2 1.9 1.6 3.9 2.3 2.1 1.0 2.0 2.4 1.6 3.9 3.9
Preeclampsia/Eclampsia 8.1 14.2 8.8 10.6 10.0 7.9 14.3 14.3 6.0 8.8 5.9 10.8

OI=Ovulation Induction; IVF=In vitro fertilization; Spont=Spontaneous conceptions within an infertile cohort; WMA=Without medical assistance