Table 2.

A comparison of the anthropometric characteristics, lifestyle habits, and sleep characteristics between users of non-hormonal and hormonal contraceptive methods.

	Non Hormonal	Hormonal 1	Hormonal 2	Hormonal 3	p value	Post hoc*
	(N=101)	(N=24)	(N=7)	(N=103)
	Mean+SD	Mean+SD	Mean+SD	Mean+SD
	or N/%	or N/%	or N/%	or N/%
Age	34.2±6.8	27.6±7.9	32.7±7.4	29.1±7.4	0.7
Body mass index	27.9±6.3	24.4±4.4	26.5±4.7	25.8±4.6	0.008	1<0;3<0
Number of birth lives	1.5±0.8	0.8±1.0	1.1±0.3	1.1±1.0	0.002	1<0
Number of miscarriages	0.3±0.6	0.3±0.6	0.2±0.4	0.2±0.4	0.5
Number of pregnancies	1.8±1.2	1.0±1.3	1.4±0.5	1.3±1.2	0.01	1<0
Hours of sleep/night	6.6±1.3	6.1±1.8	6.1±1.3	6.7±1.4	0.3
Sleep efficiency	94.7±17.8	84.5±21.5	86.0±13.7	91.6±13.3	0.03	1<0
Pittsburgh score	6.1±3.2	6.4±3.7	6.7±1.7	5.7±2.8	0.2
Alcohol consumption (yes)	47 (46.5%)	17 (70.8%)	4 (57.1%)	64 (62.1%)	0.06
Coffee consumption (yes)	83 (82.1%)	17 (70.8%)	3 (42.8%)	63 (61.7%)	0.005	2<0;3<0;
Physically active	28 (27.7%)	7 (29.1%)	1 (14.2%)	28 (27.18%)	0.8
Snoring	35 (34.6%)	5 (20.8%)	4 (57.1%)	28 (27.1%)	0.1
Tobacco-smoking (yes)	12 (11.8%)	4 (16.6%)	0 (0%)	13 (12.3%)	0.6

^*Bonferroni pairwise comparison or Chi square residuals; where: 0=non hormonal; 1= hormonal 1; 2= hormonal 2; 3= hormonal 3.

Hormonal 1: classified as users of combined oral contraceptives with breaks, continuous combined oral contraceptives and monthly injectable contraceptives

Hormonal 2: classified as users of quarterly injectable contraceptives

Hormonal 3: classified as users of progestin-only oral contraceptives and hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs).