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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Menopause. 2018 Jan;25(1):54–61. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000950

Table II.

Core covariates and their association with age at menopause of participants

Crude HR, 95%CI p-value
Birth weight 1.00, 1.00-1.00 0.53
BMIa 1.01, 0.99-1.03 0.55
         Underweight 0.88, 0.70-1.13 0.32
         Normal reference
         Overweight 1.09, 0.90-1.32 0.36
         Obese 1.06, 0.76-1.47 0.74
Age at menarche 0.97, 0.92-1.01 0.15
         8-11 years 1.15, 0.96-1.38 0.13
         12-14 reference
         15 or more 0.94, 0.77-1.16 0.56
Regular menstrual periodsa
         Yes reference
         No 0.92, 0.78-1.09 0.35
Cycle length (days)a 0.96, 0.94-0.98 <0.001
         20 or less 2.09, 1.04-4.21 0.04
         21-35 reference
         36 or more 0.47, 0.06-3.36 0.45
Ever used OC 0.89, 0.69-1.15 0.37
Age 1st used OC 0.95, 0.93-0.98 <0.001
Ever seen a doctor for possible infertility 1.19, 1.00-1.41 0.05
Age at 1st pregnancy 0.98, 0.97-0.99 <0.001
Parity
         1 1.04, 0.90-1.20 0.62
         2 or more reference
Ever had ART treatment 1.37, 1.03-1.83 0.03
Active smoking
         Current 1.45, 1.20-1.86 <0.001
         Previous 1.22, 1.02-1.46 0.03
         Never reference
Age started smoking 0.95, 0.92-0.99 0.01
Pack years 1.02, 1.01-1.03 <0.001
         Heavy smoker 1.59, 1.13-2.25 0.01
         Moderate smoker 1.47, 1.15-1.87 0.02
         Light smoker 1.20, 1.00-1.45 0.05
         Non-smoker reference
Passive smoking
         Participant’s father smoker 1.12, 0.96-1.31 0.15
         Participant’s partner smoker 1.14, 0.98-1.32 0.09
a

information assessed at baseline time point