Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Reprod. 2018 Nov 1;33(11):2141–2149. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dey300

Table III.

Associations between anthropometric measures and time-to-pregnancy in women from the S-PRESTO study, 2015-2017

Anthropometric measures n Pregnancies Cycles Model 1a
Model 2b
Model 3c
FR 95% CI FR 95% CI FR 95% CI
Body mass index (kg/m2)
<18.5 43 14 80 0.67 0.38, 1.17 0.60 0.34, 1.06 0.59 0.33, 1.06
  18.5-22.9 230 95 539 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  23-27.4 130 38 215 0.70 0.48, 1.03 0.66 0.45, 0.97 0.64 0.44, 0.95
  ≥27.5 74 21 102 0.66 0.41, 1.06 0.53 0.31, 0.89 0.54 0.31, 0.91
Sum of skinfold thickness (mm)
  Q1 (25.0-52.9) 117 46 254 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  Q2 (53.0-70.0) 118 49 284 1.09 0.73, 1.62 1.11 0.73, 1.67 1.03 0.67, 1.57
  Q3 (70.1-90.0) 118 42 232 0.91 0.60, 1.39 0.96 0.62, 1.46 0.91 0.56, 1.50
  Q4 (90.1-151.8) 118 30 149 0.62 0.39, 0.98 0.58 0.36, 0.95 0.60 0.30, 1.20
Total body fat (%)
  Q1 (13.6-27.2) 96 39 290 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  Q2 (27.3-32.9) 97 36 192 0.81 0.45, 1.44 0.83 0.52, 1.32 0.74 0.46, 1.20
  Q3 (33.0-39.7) 97 25 200 0.62 0.31, 1.22 0.56 0.32, 0.98 0.50 0.25, 0.97
  Q4 (39.8-61.3) 96 23 144 0.54 0.26, 1.13 0.43 0.24, 0.80 0.40 0.16, 0.97
Waist circumference (cm)
  ≤74 110 40 205 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  75-80 130 50 235 0.97 0.64, 1.47 0.94 0.59, 1.48 0.76 0.48, 1.22
  81-86 100 37 160 0.94 0.60, 1.48 1.01 0.63, 1.62 0.88 0.52, 1.50
  ≥87 135 40 169 0.75 0.49, 1.17 0.66 0.40, 1.08 0.74 0.37, 1.49
Waist-to-hip ratio
<0.80 74 27 137 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  0.80-0.84 131 39 188 0.81 0.56, 1.18 0.79 0.53, 1.18 0.76 0.52, 1.11
   ≥0.85 270 101 604 1.18 0.77, 1.80 1.19 0.75, 1.87 1.16 0.73, 1.83
Waist-to-height ratio
  ≤0.5 217 78 416 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
>0.5 258 89 513 0.93 0.69, 1.26 0.92 0.66, 1.27 0.92 0.66, 1.27
A body shape index (m11/6 /kg2/3)
  Q1 (0.064-0.077) 118 38 170 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.) 1.00 (ref.)
  Q2 (0.078-0.080) 119 45 246 0.97 0.63, 1.49 0.94 0.61, 1.45 0.94 0.61, 1.45
  Q3 (0.081-0.084) 119 42 279 0.91 0.59, 1.41 0.85 0.55, 1.32 0.85 0.55, 1.32
  Q4 (0.085-0.094) 119 42 234 0.89 0.57, 1.38 0.90 0.58, 1.40 0.90 0.58, 1.40

Data were analyzed using discrete-time proportional hazards models. S-PRESTO, Singapore PREconception Study of long-Term maternal and child Outcomes; FR, fecundability ratio; CI, confidence interval

a

Crude model

b

Adjusted for age, ethnicity, education, parity and cycle length

c

Adjusted for model 2, plus waist-to-hip ratio (in models for body mass index) and body mass index (in all models except waist-to-height ratio and A body shape index models)