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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Feb 8;220(6):567.e1–567.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.02.004

Table 3.

Association between pre-treatment adherence to the Pro-Fertility Diet, the Mediterranean Diet, the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010, and the Fertility Diet and probability of implantation, clinical pregnancy, and live birth following ART in the EARTH Study.

Adjusted Proportions (95% CI)1
Women/Cycles Implantation Clinical Pregnancy Live Birth
Pro-Fertility Diet
 Q1 (11-20) 103/182 0.46 (0.39, 0.54) 0.40 (0.33, 0.48) 0.33 (0.26, 0.40)
 Q2 (21-23) 90/165 0.53 (0.45, 0.61) 0.46 (0.38, 0.54) 0.32 (0.25, 0.40)
 Q3 (24-25) 78/123 0.65 (0.56, 0.73)* 0.59 (0.50, 0.68)* 0.48 (0.39, 0.57)*
 Q4 (26-32) 86/138 0.68 (0.59, 0.76)* 0.61 (0.52, 0.69)* 0.56 (0.47, 0.64)*
P for trend <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
Mediterranean Diet
 Q1 (17-28) 90/170 0.49 (0.41, 0.57) 0.43 (0.35, 0.50) 0.31 (0.25, 0.39)
 Q2 (29-31) 93/150 0.62 (0.53, 0.69)* 0.56 (0.47, 0.64)* 0.47 (0.39, 0.55)*
 Q3 (32-33) 74/123 0.64 (0.55, 0.72)* 0.57 (0.48, 0.66)* 0.44 (0.36, 0.53)*
 Q4 (34-44) 100/165 0.55 (0.47, 0.63) 0.48 (0.40, 0.56) 0.41 (0.34, 0.49)
P for trend 0.17 0.25 0.06
Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010
 Q1 (32-60) 92/158 0.62 (0.54, 0.69) 0.55 (0.47, 0.63) 0.44 (0.36, 0.52)
 Q2 (61-67) 87/151 0.59 (0.50, 0.67) 0.51 (0.43, 0.59) 0.42 (0.34, 0.50)
 Q3 (68-74) 88/148 0.53 (0.44, 0.61) 0.50 (0.42, 0.59) 0.40 (0.33, 0.49)
 Q4 (75-99) 90/151 0.54 (0.46, 0.62) 0.45 (0.37, 0.53) 0.37 (0.29, 0.45)
P for trend 0.12 0.08 0.19
Fertility Diet
 Q1 (13-22) 99/168 0.54 (0.46, 0.62) 0.48 (0.41, 0.56) 0.37 (0.30, 0.45)
 Q2 (23-25) 93/168 0.58 (0.50, 0.66) 0.53 (0.45, 0.60) 0.42 (0.35, 0.50)
 Q3 (26-28) 89/145 0.62 (0.53, 0.69) 0.52 (0.44, 0.61) 0.42 (0.34, 0.50)
 Q4 (29-35) 76/127 0.54 (0.45, 0.63) 0.47 (0.39, 0.56) 0.43 (0.34, 0.52)
P for trend 0.83 0.89 0.37
1

Analyses were run using generalized linear mixed models with random intercepts, binomial distribution, and logit link function. Data are presented as predicted marginal proportions (95% CI) adjusted for calorie intake, age, BMI, smoking status, and moderate to vigorous exercise.

*

P-value < 0.05 for comparison of specific quartile versus quartile 1 (reference).