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. 2004 Sep 7;101(39):14300–14304. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0405949101

Table 6. Estimates of fertility measures for three oxygen saturation genotypes.

Variable Mean ± SD [minimum, maximum, n] Genotypic mean AA Genotypic mean AB Genotypic mean BB Multiple regression R2 Multiple regression P to test Ho: AA = AB/BB Permutation P to test Ho: AA = AB/BB
Number of pregnancies 4.62 ± 2.79 [1,15 n = 689] 4.59 4.90 4.77 0.96*§ 0.828 0.826
Number of live births 4.49 ± 2.72 [0,15, n = 685] 4.45 4.76 4.62 0.96*§ 0.820 0.823
Number of children now alive 4.09 ± 2.33 [0, 13, n = 664] 1.64 3.58 3.79 0.95*** 0.046 0.039
Number of children who died 0.54 ± 0.10 [0,8, n = 664] 2.53 0.77 0.48 0.38§** 0.007 0.009
Number of infant deaths 0.36 ± 0.74 [0.7 n = 681] 1.69 0.62 0.32 0.28 0.011 0.014
Proportion of livebirths now alive 0.90 ± 0.17 [0,1, n = 664] 0.40 0.88 0.91 0.97**†† 0.004 0.006
Proportion of livebirths that died during infancy 0.07 ± 0.15 [0,1, n = 654] 0.40 0.10 0.06 0.20** 0.015 0.023
Proportion of livebirths that died between 1 and 15 years of age 0.02 ± 0.07 [0,0.5, n = 653] 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.08†† 0.763 0.755
Proportion of livebirths that died before 15 years of age 0.09 ± 0.16 [0,1, n = 653] 0.43 0.11 0.08 0.26**†† 0.036 0.042
*

Age at first pregnancy.

Age at first birth.

Age at last pregnancy.

§

Altitude.

Age at last birth.

Marital type.

**

Currently using family planning.

††

Maternal age.

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