Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 339 couples, according to caffeine intake.
Women | Men | |||||||||||
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First Tertile | Second Tertile | Third Tertile | First Tertile | Second Tertile | Third Tertile | |||||||
0–86 mg/day | 87–180 mg/day | 181–480 mg/day | 0–124 mg/day | 125–209 mg/day | 210–560 mg/day | |||||||
n = 114 | 33.6% | n = 116 | 34.2% | n = 109 | 32.1% | n = 112 | 33.1% | n = 113 | 33.3% | n = 114 | 33.6% | |
Daily Caffeine Intake (mg/day), Median (IQR) | 37 | 14–60 | 128 | 111–147 | 215 | 188–255 | 62 | 17–100 | 180 | 154–189 | 258 | 231–310 |
Age (years) | ||||||||||||
<35 | 31 | 27.2 | 33 | 28.4 | 36 | 33.0 | 19 | 17.0 | 25 | 22.1 | 25 | 21.9 |
35–39 | 60 | 52.6 | 51 | 44.0 | 52 | 47.7 | 39 | 34.8 | 43 | 38.0 | 42 | 36.8 |
≥40 | 23 | 20.2 | 32 | 27.6 | 21 | 19.3 | 54 | 48.2 | 45 | 39.8 | 47 | 41.2 |
College Degree | 62 | 54.4 | 67 | 57.8 | 53 | 48.6 | 42 | 37.5 | 42 | 37.2 | 51 | 44.7 |
Cause of Infertility | ||||||||||||
Unexplained | 23 | 20.2 | 31 | 26.7 | 16 | 14.7 | 25 | 22.3 | 23 | 20.4 | 22 | 19.3 |
Female factor only | 48 | 42.1 | 42 | 36.2 | 41 | 37.6 | 42 | 37.5 | 45 | 39.8 | 44 | 38.6 |
Male and female factor | 43 | 37.7 | 43 | 37.1 | 52 | 47.7 | 45 | 40.2 | 45 | 39.8 | 48 | 42.1 |
BMI | ||||||||||||
<18.5 | 12 | 10.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 12 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
18.5–24.9 | 82 | 71.9 | 86 | 76.1 | 78 | 71.6 | 46 | 45.1 | 55 | 48.7 | 45 | 39.5 |
25.0–29.9 | 17 | 14.9 | 13 | 11.5 | 14 | 12.8 | 48 | 47.1 | 48 | 42.5 | 58 | 50.9 |
≥30.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 10 | 8.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 8 | 7.8 | 10 | 8.8 | 11 | 9.6 |
Smoking Habits | ||||||||||||
Never | 74 | 64.9 | 72 | 62.1 | 49 | 45.0 | 55 | 53.4 | 46 | 40.7 | 28 | 24.8 |
Current | 15 | 13.2 | 15 | 12.9 | 34 | 31.2 | 24 | 23.3 | 33 | 29.2 | 50 | 44.2 |
Former | 25 | 21.9 | 29 | 25.0 | 26 | 23.8 | 24 | 23.3 | 34 | 30.1 | 35 | 31.0 |
Alcohol Intake | ||||||||||||
Abstainer | 40 | 35.1 | 33 | 28.4 | 23 | 21.1 | 14 | 13.6 | 9 | 8.0 | 8 | 7.0 |
<1 unit/day | 72 | 63.2 | 75 | 64.7 | 73 | 67.0 | 57 | 55.3 | 66 | 58.4 | 53 | 46.5 |
≥1 unit/day | 2 | 1.7 | 8 | 6.9 | 13 | 11.9 | 32 | 31.1 | 38 | 33.6 | 53 | 46.5 |
Leisure Physical Activity | ||||||||||||
<2 h/week | 57 | 50.0 | 66 | 57.4 | 69 | 63.3 | 36 | 35.3 | 48 | 42.9 | 49 | 43.8 |
2–4 | 44 | 38.6 | 43 | 37.4 | 32 | 29.4 | 37 | 36.3 | 44 | 39.3 | 38 | 33.9 |
>4 | 13 | 11.4 | 6 | 5.2 | 8 | 7.3 | 29 | 28.4 | 20 | 17.9 | 25 | 22.3 |
Previous ART Cycle | 81 | 71.0 | 60 | 51.7 | 54 | 49.5 | 67 | 59.8 | 63 | 58.4 | 62 | 54.4 |
Daily Calories Intake
(Kcal/day), Median (IQR) |
1589 | 1367–1924 | 1748 | 1497–2124 | 1871 | 1602–2179 | 1781 | 1480-2060 | 1960 | 1649–2262 | 2122 | 1753–2407 |
Sometimes the sums do not add up to the totals because of missing values. Bold: p < 0.05, IQR: median and interquartile range; BMI: body mass index.