Table 6.
Distribution of study participants according medical/medication history, Women Hospital-Hamad Medical Corporation, 2018
| Cases | Cases | Controls | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Infertility | Secondary Infertility | Infertility Total | |||
| Birth -control/ sexual history | n = 43 (%) | n = 93 (%) | n = 136 (%) | n = 272 (%) | |
| Previous postpone of child bearing: | 0.001* | ||||
| No | 38 (88.4) | 45 (48.4) | 83 (61.0) | 88 (32.4) | |
| Yes | 5 (11.6) | 48 (51.6) | 53 (39.0) | 184 (67.6) | |
| Hormonal control: | n = 5 | n = 48 | n = 53 | n = 184 | 0.006* |
| No | 2 (40.0) | 13 (27.1) | 15 (28.3) | 92 (50.0) | |
| Yes | 3 (60.0) | 35 (72.9) | 38 (71.7) | 92 (50.0) | |
| Birth control through natural / barrier methods: | n = 5 | n = 48 | n = 53 | n = 184 | 0.004* |
| No | 3 (60.0) | 39 (81.2) | 42 (79.2) | 106 (57.6) | |
| Yes | 2 (40.0) | 9 (18.8) | 11 (20.8) | 78 (42.4) | |
| Awareness about fertility window: | 0.001* | ||||
| No | 18 (41.9) | 38 (40.9) | 56 (41.2) | 51 (18.8) | |
| Yes | 25 (58.1) | 55 (59.1) | 80 (58.8) | 221 (81.2) | |
| Loyalty to fertility window: | 0.001* | ||||
| No | 24 (55.8) | 51 (54.8) | 75 (55.1) | 71 (26.1) | |
| Yes | 19 (44.2) | 42 (45.2) | 61 (44.9) | 201 (73.9) | |
* p < 0.05