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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Jul 11;215(6):758.e1–758.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.07.012

Table 2.

Associations of alcohol intake on anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels among 1,654 reproductive-aged African American women

Alcohol variables Descriptive statistics % Δ in AMHb (95% CI)c

Total Sample N=1654 (100)

Drinking status
 Ever drinkers 1216 (74) 3 (−8, 16)
  Current drinkers 1168 (71) 3 (−9, 16)
  Former drinkers 48 (3) 8 (−22, 49)
 Never drinkers 438 (26) Referent

Alcohol intake during years drank
 Heavy 330 (20) 0 (−14, 17)
 Medium 755 (46) 4 (−9, 18)
 Low 131 (8) 8 (−13, 33)
 Never drinkers 438 (27) Referent

Cumulative alcohol exposurea
 Heavy intake, ≥10 years 118 (7) 3 (−18, 28)
 Heavy intake, 5–9 years 104 (6.5) −7 (−26, 18)
 Heavy intake, 1–4 years 108 (7) 4 (−17, 32)
 Medium intake, ≥10 years 143 (9) 7 (−14, 31)
 Medium intake, 5–9 years 247 (15) −4 (−19, 14)
 Medium intake, 1–4 years 365 (22) 8 (−7, 25)
 Low intake, ≥10 years 8 (0.5) −6 (−56, 101)
 Low intake, 5–9 years 22 (1) 6 (−34, 69)
 Low intake, 1–4 years 101 (6) 9 (−14, 38)
 Never drinkers 438 (26) Referent

Current vs. Never drinkers N=1606 (97)

Current intake
 Heavy 347 (22) −1 (−15, 16)
 Medium 562 (35) 6 (−8, 21)
 Low 259 (16) 3 (−13, 22)
 Never drinkers 438 (27) Referent

Binging in last year
 2 or more times per week 58 (4) −21 (−41, 7)
 Once a week 63 (4) 20 (−10, 61)
 2 to 3 times per month 189 (12) −1 (−18, 20)
 Once a month or less 556 (35) 7 (−6, 23)
 None 302 (19) 0 (−15, 17)
 Never drinkers 438 (27) Referent

Current intake in past heavy drinkersa N=1108
 Heavy past, heavy current 330 (30) 0 (−15, 18)
 Heavy past, medium current 242 (22) 1 (−16, 21)
 Heavy past, low current 98 (9) 8 (−17, 39)
 Never drinkers 438 (40) Referent

Low: drink ≤ weekly, never binge; Medium: drink ≤ twice weekly, binge ≤ monthly; Heavy: drink > twice weekly, binge > monthly

a

Among 670 women with a history of heavy past drinking and 438 never drinkers

b

Calculated using following formula: [exp(β) −1] *100.

c

Multivariable-adjusted model adjusted for age, quadratic age2, BMI and hormonal contraception use