Table II.

Unadjusted associations between each patient characteristic and initiation of fertility treatment.

	No fertility treatments (n = 155)	Initiated fertility treatments (n = 257)	P value
Age (years)
<35	39	57	<0.01
35–37	18	20
38–40	19	13
>40	26	10
Age (years)	36.5 (6.1)	34.5 (5.4)	<0.01
Race
Caucasian	68	85	<0.01
Other	32	15
Married	84	96	<0.01
Education
Less than college degree	21	11	0.08
College degree	37	41
At least some graduate work	42	48
Income
< $40 000 per year	15	7	0.11
$40 000–80 000 per year	28	30
> $80 000 per year	57	63
BMI (kg/m2)	28.3 (7.1)	27.0 (7.2)	0.08
BMI (kg/m2)
<18.5	1	2	0.01
18.5–24.9	35	45
25–29.9	19	24
>30	45	29
Parous	40	61	<0.01
Prior pregnancy loss	44	40	0.48
Infertility diagnosis
Unexplained	30	34	0.04
Anovulation	10	21
Male	14	18
Diminished ovarian reserve	22	14
Other	24	13
Duration of infertility
<1 year	9	10	0.22
1–2 years	27	37
>2 years	64	53

Data are mean (SD) or %.