Table 1.
Demographics and health behaviors IVF vs. healthy controls
| Characteristics | IVF | Healthy control | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years; mean (SD) | 29.3 (4.3) | 28.6 (3.4) | |
| Education**, years; mean (SD) | 13 (2.5) | 18 (1.6) | |
| Marital status** | Married (%) | 98 | 20 |
| Religiosity* | Religious (%) | 20 | 10 |
| Traditional (%) | 46 | 10 | |
| Secular (%) | 68 | 80 | |
| Economical difficulty | Very difficult (%) | 2 | 0 |
| Somewhat difficult (%) | 38 | 20 | |
| Not difficult at all (%) | 70 | 80 | |
| Study/work outside the home | Yes (%) | 88 | 80 |
| No (%) | 12 | 20 | |
| Born in Israel | Yes (%) | 90 | 80 |
| No (%) | 10 | 20 | |
| Type of living | City (%) | 76 | 100 |
| Village (%) | 8 | 0 | |
| Moshav (rural Jewish settlement) (%) | 4 | 0 | |
| Development town (%) | 10 | 0 | |
| Other (%) | 5 | 0 | |
| Smoking past or present (% yes) | 34 % | 30 % | |
| Currently smoke | 12 % | 0 | |
| Intensive exercise > times a week; mean (SD)* | 3.2 (0.91) | 2.12 (1.33) | |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001