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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2015 Mar 23;103(6):1438–1445. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.02.027

Table 2.

Pregnancy and Delivery Outcomes by Diagnostic Groups With and Without ART Treatment

Factor Fertile Male Factor Endometriosis P Endo Ovulation Disorders P Ov Disord Tubal Inflammation P Tubal/Inflam P All Groups
No-ART ART ART No-ART ART No ART ART No ART
(N) 297,987 1,901 406 590 676 833 706 2,675
Pregnancy Diagnoses (%)
Pregnancy Hypertension 8.4 15.2 11.8 11.0 0.69 18.3 11.9 0.0004 13.9 8.2 <0.0001 <0.0001
Gestational Diabetes 5.5 7.5 6.4 6.4 0.98 14.2 10.8 0.05 10.8 4.8 <0.0001 <0.0001
Bleeding Diagnoses (%)
Uterine bleeding 0.5 2.6 5.4 2.2 0.01 3.0 1.9 0.19 3.1 1.4 0.002 <0.0001
Abruptio placenta 0.7 1.7 LN LN na LN LN na LN 0.9 na <0.0001
Excess bleeding in labor 0.7 1.2 LN LN na 2.4 LN na LN 0.6 na 0.0004
Placenta previa 0.4 1.6 LN LN na LN LN na 1.6 LN na <0.0001
Prenatal hospitalization (%)
Emergency room visits 22.1 13.4 14.5 48.0 <0.0001 14.8 49.6 <0.0001 18.0 60.5 <0.0001 <0.0001
Observational stays 12.5 14.1 15.5 23.6 0.002 15.4 24.0 <0.0001 13.9 27.3 <0.0001 <0.0001
Hospital admissions 3.8 6.3 10.1 11.9 0.38 12.3 11.3 0.55 8.6 11.9 0.02 <0.0001
Labor & Delivery (%)
Breech/Malpresentation 4.3 13.5 12.1 3.7 <0.0001 15.5 5.5 <0.0001 13.6 3.2 <0.0001 <0.0001
Cephalopelvic Disproportion 2.6 2.7 4.2 3.4 0.51 1.8 4.1 0.01 3.1 2.0 0.08 0.07
Mode of Delivery (%)
Vaginal 65.3 43.1 40.6 52.4 0.0003 43.5 61.5 <0.0001 41.9 70.2 <0.0001 <0.0001
VBAC 1.3 0.7 LN LN na LN LN na LN 1.0 0.48 0.03
Forceps 0.5 0.6 LN LN na LN 0.0 na LN LN na 0.07
Vacuum 3.6 3.2 3.5 2.9 0.61 3.4 2.5 0.31 2.8 2.7 0.84 0.08
Primary cesarean 18.7 42.1 44.6 29.5 <0.0001 41.0 23.3 <0.0001 38.4 16.5 <0.0001 <0.0001
Repeat cesarean 12.8 11.8 11.8 15.4 0.11 13.3 13.0 0.84 16.7 11.4 <0.0001 0.003
Plurality At Birth (%)
Singleton 98.6 74.0 72.4 LN <0.0001 71.0 96.0 <0.0001 75.6 98.9 <0.0001 <0.0001
Twins 1.4 26.0 27.6 LN 29.0 4.0 24.4 1.1
Singleton Pregnancies (N) 293,910 1,406 294 LN 480 800 534 2,646
Length of gestation (weeks, SD) 39.0 (1.8) 38.8 (1.9) 38.6 (2.1) 38.6 (1.9) 0.97 38.3 (2.4) 38.8 (2.2) 0.0003 38.5 (2.3 38.6 (2.2) 0.08 <0.0001
Preterm (<37 weeks) (%) 6.2 8.4 8.8 10.3 0.49 13.1 9.1 0.02 11.2 9.9 0.35 <0.0001
Birthweight (grams, SD) 3,369 (548) 3,360 (577) 3,351 (561) 3,331 (599) 0.63 3,238 (634) 3,312 (619) 0.04 3,269 (613) 3,206 (595) 0.03 <0.0001
Low Birthweight (<2,500 g) (%) 5.2 6.6 4.4 7.6 0.08 9.4 7.8 0.31 7.9 9.3 0.29 <0.0001
Birthweight Z-Score (mean, SD) 0.02 (0.97) 0.04 (0.99) 0.08 (0.94) 0.04 (1.01) 0.61 −0.03 (0.96) −0.00 (1.03) 0.62 0.00 (0.96) −0.16 (0.99) 0.0005 <0.0001
≤1.28 (10th %ile) (%) 8.0 8.0 6.5 8.9 0.21 8.5 9.9 0.43 7.1 11.0 0.01 <0.0001
Twin Pregnancies (N) 4,077 495 112 LN 196 33 172 29
Length of gestation (weeks, SD) 35.6 (3.1) 35.7 (2.8) 35.8 (2.8) 35.8 (2.5) 0.96 35.2 (3.1) 33.5 (4.9) 0.07 35.7 (2.8 ) 35.6 (2.8) 0.83 0.05
Preterm (<37 weeks) (%) 52.4 50.9 50.0 50.0 1.00 60.2 69.7 0.30 54.1 55.2 0.91 0.13
Birthweight (grams, SD) 2,402 (613) 2,461 (611) 2,424 (622) 2,452 (531) 0.90 2,376 (617) 2,029 (805) 0.005 2,437 (556) 2,267 (570) 0.13 0.07
0 Low Birthweight (<2,500 g) (%) 37.4 39.6 42.9 37.5 0.29 36.7 LN 0.22 33.7 LN 0.20 0.06
1 Low Birthweight (<2,500 g) (%) 20.6 23.6 17.9 0.0 0.29
1.00
16.8 LN 0.22
0.08
25.0 LN
0.20
0.16
0.06
0.18
2 Low Birthweight (<2,500 g) (%) 42.0 36.8 39.9 62.5 46.4 57.6 41.3 58.6
Any Low Birthweight (<2,500 g) (%) 62.6 60.4 57.1 62.5 63.3 78.8 66.3 79.3
Birthweight Z-Score (mean, SD) −0.62 (0.86) −0.55 (0.86) −0.66 (0.97) −0.49 (0.71) 0.63 −0.51 (0.83) −0.58 (0.95) 0.69 −0.54 (0.94) −0.88 (0.86) 0.08 0.10
0 ≤1.28 (10th %ile) (%) 68.9 71.1 67.9 75.0 0.83 72.5 36.4 0.14 70.9 62.1 0.35 0.68
1 ≤1.28 (10th %ile) (%) 21.6 21.8 21.4 12.5 0.83
1.00
21.9 LN 0.14
0.30
20.4 LN
0.35
0.34
0.68
0.78
2 ≤1.28 (10th %ile) (%) 9.5 7.1 10.7 12.5 5.6 LN 8.7 LN
Any ≤1.28 (10th %ile) (%) 31.1 28.9 32.1 25.0 27.6 36.4 29.1 37.9

LN=Low numbers. Numbers in these cells are suppressed.

na= not calculated due to low numbers.

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