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. 2015 Jul 27;7(8):6167–6178. doi: 10.3390/nu7085278

Table 2.

Odds ratio (95% CI) for presenting difficulty getting pregnant according to the consumption of alcoholic beverages/week.

Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages (drinks/week)
Never or seldom ≤1/week >1week to <5/week ≥5/week P for trend
No. cases/controls 152/150 154/147 284/288 96/101
Matched for age 1 (ref.) 1.04 (0.75–1.43) 0.97 (0.74–1.29) 0.94 (0.66–1.34) 0.71
Multivariable adjustment * 1 (ref.) 1.09 (0.78–1.53) 1.02 (0.76–1.37) 1.04 (0.72–1.51) 0.97
Consumption of wine (1 unit = 1 glass of wine = 100 mL)
Never or seldom ≤1/week >1week to <5/week ≥5/week P for trend
No. cases/controls 312/317 177/164 156/166 41/39
Matched for age 1 (ref.) 1.10 (0.84–1.42) 0.95 (0.72–1.25) 1.07 (0.67–1.70) 0.66
Multivariable adjustment * 1 (ref.) 1.10 (0.84–1.43) 0.97 (0.74–1.29) 1.16 (0.72–1.88) 0.84
Consumption of beers (1 unit = 330 mL)
Never or seldom ≤1/week >1/week
No. cases/controls 326/334 152/140 208/212
Matched for age 1 (ref.) 1.11 (0.84–1.45) 1.01 (0.78–1.29) 0.71
Multivariable adjustment * 1 (ref.) 1.15 (0.87–1.52) 1.06 (0.82–1.37) 0.98
Consumption of spirits (1 unit = 50 mL)
Never or seldom ≤1/week >1/week
No. cases/controls 377/392 156/154 153/140
Matched for age 1 (ref.) 1.05 (0.81–1.36) 1.13 (0.87–1.47) 0.86
Multivariable adjustment* 1 (ref.) 1.11 (0.85–1.45) 1.24 (0.84–1.64) 0.78

* Adjusted for BMI (4 categories), smoking status (3 categories), leisure-time physical activity (METs-h/week), use of vitamin supplements, adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet and total energy intake. ref.: reference category.