. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 15.

Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2018 Jun 13;84(5):625–631. doi: 10.1038/s41390-018-0032-x

Table 5.

Pre-pregnancy cardiovascular risk factors and reported fertility difficulties in adulthood without polycystic ovarian syndrome

	Ever sought medical help		Ever tried but unable		unprotected sex >1 year		Received medical help		Any fertility difficulties^b		Never became pregnant

	OR^a	95% CI	OR^a	95% CI	OR^a	95% CI	OR^a	95% CI	OR^a	95% CI	OR^a	95% CI
SBP	2.58	1.13-5.90	2.30	1.21-4.36	1.17	0.74-1.85	2.71	0.72-10.17	1.56	1.02-2.38	1.57	0.83-2.96
DBP	1.00	0.48-2.08	1.14	0.65-2.02	0.75	0.47-1.19	0.61	0.18-2.06	0.92	0.61-1.37	1.38	0.76-2.50
LDL	0.82	0.35-1.91	0.78	0.42-1.46	0.93	0.56-1.54	0.73	0.21-2.55	0.90	0.58-1.40	0.86	0.45-1.67
HDL	1.43	0.63-3.25	0.78	0.42-1.47	0.66	0.39-1.11	1.84	0.52-6.48	0.75	0.48-1.17	0.70	0.36-1.37
Cholesterol	0.69	0.29-1.62	0.71	0.37-1.36	1.10	0.66-1.83	1.20	0.34-4.18	1.07	0.68-1.68	1.02	0.52-2.00
Triglycerides	0.71	0.30-1.66	1.03	0.54-1.96	1.41	0.84-2.37	0.55	0.15-2.05	1.06	0.67-1.68	1.22	0.62-2.40
Glucose	1.52	0.61-3.78	2.24	1.18-4.28	0.97	0.55-1.69	1.86	0.57-6.12	1.08	0.66-1.75	0.96	0.46-2.00

SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein

Results of logistic regression; estimates adjusted for education level, race, tobacco use history and BMI at time of measure, and BMI-squared.