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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2020 Sep;31(5):659–667. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001220

TABLE 4.

Changes in Behavior Over Pregnancy Attempt Time Among 250 Women Who Contributed 12 Months of Follow-up, Stratified by Gravidity and Agea

Age <30 Years Age ≥30 Years
Total (n = 109) Nulligravid (n = 83) Gravid (n = 26) Total (n = 141) Nulligravid (n = 84) Gravid (n = 57)
Caffeine (mg/day) −12 (−31, 8) −9.3 (−29, 11) −20 (−76, 36) −25 (−43, −7.5) −36 (−61, −10) −8.9 (−32, 15)
Sugar-sweetened soda (drinks/week) −0.39 (−0.90, 0.11) −0.35 (−0.94, 0.24) −0.56 (−1.6, 0.49) 0.04 (−0.28, 0.36) 0.01 (−0.24, 0.26) 0.09 (−0.64, 0.83)
Alcohol (drinks/week) −1.1 (−1.7, −0.50) −0.96 (−1.6, −0.37) −1.7 (−3.5, 0.22) −0.66 (−1.3, −0.07) −1.1 (−1.9, −0.27) 0.04 (−0.77, 0.85)
Smoking (%) 0.37 (−2.0, 2.8) 1.2 (−1.2, 3.7) −2.8 (−9.5, 4.0) −0.74 (−2.2, 0.69) −1.2 (−3.6, 1.2) 0.00 (−)
Cigarettes/day −0.26 (−3.6, 3.1) 1.1 (−0.54, 2.7) −1.6 (−11, 7.4) −0.74 (−2.7, 1.2) −0.18 (−0.90, 0.55) −1.1 (−4.6, 2.5)
Marijuana use (%) −5.5 (−11, 0.21) −5.9 (−12, 0.41) −4.0 (−18, 9.7) −2.7 (−7.0, 1.6) −3.9 (−10.4, 2.6) −0.79 (−5.4, 3.8)
Vigorous exercise (hours/week) −0.68 (−1.2, −0.14) −0.73 (−1.4, −0.08) −0.49 (−1.5, 0.52) −0.68 (−1.2, −0.17) −1.1 (−1.8, −0.50) 0.04 (−0.83, 0.91)
Moderate exercise (hours/week) 0.10 (−0.65, 0.85) 0.09 (−0.76, 0.95) 0.11 (−1.5, 1.8) −0.52 (−1.2, 0.14) −0.34 (−1.2, 0.53) −0.82 (−1.9, 0.23)
Perceived stress scale score −0.19 (−1.3, 0.95) −0.14 (−1.4, 1.2) −0.40 (−3.0, 2.2) 0.07 (−0.88, 1.0) 0.60 (−0.65, 1.9) −0.77 (−2.2, 0.70)
Intercourse frequency (times/week) −0.23 (−0.54, 0.07) −0.20 (−0.56, 0.16) −0.35 (−0.92, 0.23) −0.17 (−0.43, 0.10) −0.09 (−0.38, 0.20) −0.29 (−0.80, 0.22)
Doing something to improve chances of pregnancy (%) 31 (21, 42) 25 (13, 37) 53 (33, 74) 15 (5.6, 24) 14 (2.5, 25) 16 (0.40, 32)
Daily multivitamin use (%) 3.8 (−6.8, 14) 7.3 (−4.4, 19) −8.6 (−34, 17) −1.5 (−10, 7.0) 0.28 (−11, 11) −4.4 (−19, 10)
a

Uses inverse probability weights to adjust for loss to follow-up.