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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Feb 27;223(3):404.e1–404.e20. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.027

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Infertile and Fertile Groups

Infertile Fertile
Treatment Diagnosis Testing
N 7,113 11,548 997 525,695
Maternal Age At Delivery (years) Mean (SD) 35.3 (4.5) 33.0 (4.8) 33.2 (4.6) 31.2 (4.9)
% 20–24 0.7 3.6 3.1 8.7
25–29 9.5 20.8 18.2 28.6
30–34 32.8 37.5 39.8 37.9
35–39 38.6 28.6 30.3 20.1
40–44 16.7 8.7 8.2 4.4
≥45 1.6 0.8 ** 0.4
Follow-up (years) from delivery to last database enrollment date Mean (SD) 3.3 (3.1) 2.9 (2.9) 2.5 (2.7) 2.9 (2.9)
% < 1 year 30.2 33.7 40 33.9
1–2 years 17.1 18.7 18.9 18.3
2–3 years 11.4 11.8 10.3 12.1
3–4 years 8.7 8.7 8 8.8
> 4 years 32.6 27.1 22.8 26.9
Nulliparous % 50.2 45.4 49.3 42.2
Prepregnancy Obesity % 9.9 12.4 9.9 8.8
Smoker % 3.9 5.7 5.4 6.1
Diabetes % 6.1 5.9 3.7 3.3
Chronic hypertension % 7.1 7.8 6.3 5.8
Mode of delivery Vaginal % 51.9 57 58.1 67.0
Cesarean % 48.1 43 41.9 33.0
Preterm birth % 8.8 7.4 6.1 5.5
Year of delivery 2003–07 % 34.2 31.3 24.1 28.9
2008–12 % 39.2 38 32.8 40.9
2013–15 % 26.7 30.7 43.1 30.2
Maternal race/ethnicity Caucasian % 65.7 64 70.5 65.9
Asian % 15.9 12 9.8 7.8
Black % 5.1 7.8 5 9
Hispanic % 7.2 10.9 10.3 12.7
Unknown % 6.1 5.3 4.3 4.7
Education < 12th grade % 0.2 0.3 ** 0.7
High school diploma % 11.6 20.1 12.4 22.7
< Bachelor degree % 45.6 51.6 55.3 53.9
≥Bachelor degree % 42.1 27.4 31.5 22.3
Unknown % 0.5 0.6 ** 0.4
Income <$50,000 % 6.4 12.3 11.1 15.1
$50,000–100,000 % 19 24.3 26.2 25.2
>$100,000 % 46.3 31.1 31.7 28.4
Unknown % 28.4 32.3 31 31.4
Region of the country Midwest % 27 26.8 28.3 27.7
Northeast % 22.8 11.9 7.2 10
South % 28.5 41.7 39.8 43.8
West % 21.7 19.4 24.7 18.5
Unknown % ** 0.2 0 0.1