Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics by history of infertility for the index pregnancy (n = 2201)a
History of infertility | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n = 414 (18.8%)b | No n = 1787 (81.2%) | |||
Maternal characteristics at enrollment | ||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m2 | 25.1 | 5.6 | 24.8 | 5.6 |
N | % | N | % | |
Age | ||||
18–29 years | 63 | 15.2 | 602 | 33.7 |
30–34 years | 151 | 36.5 | 764 | 42.8 |
≥ 35 years | 200 | 48.3 | 421 | 23.6 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
White | 304 | 74.3 | 1149 | 65.3 |
Asian | 19 | 4.6 | 104 | 5.9 |
Black | 52 | 12.7 | 306 | 17.4 |
Hispanic | 19 | 4.6 | 135 | 7.7 |
Other | 15 | 3.7 | 66 | 3.8 |
College graduate | ||||
No | 110 | 26.9 | 661 | 37.6 |
Yes | 299 | 73.1 | 1099 | 62.4 |
Married/cohabiting | ||||
No | 12 | 2.9 | 165 | 9.4 |
Yes | 397 | 97.1 | 1594 | 90.6 |
Household income > $70,000/year | ||||
No | 123 | 33.2 | 617 | 40.4 |
Yes | 248 | 66.8 | 909 | 59.6 |
Pregnancy smoking status | ||||
Former smoker | 84 | 20.9 | 312 | 18.3 |
Smoked during pregnancy | 32 | 8.0 | 233 | 13.6 |
Never smoker | 286 | 71.1 | 1162 | 68.1 |
Nulliparous | ||||
No | 184 | 44.4 | 969 | 54.2 |
Yes | 230 | 55.6 | 818 | 45.8 |
Age at first period | ||||
< 12 years | 37 | 17.7 | 144 | 16.8 |
12 to 14 years | 153 | 73.2 | 615 | 71.8 |
≥ 15 years | 19 | 9.1 | 97 | 11.3 |
BMI body mass index
aThe sample includes 2201 women with data on the exposure and ≥ 1 pregnancy outcome. The description was conducted using non-imputed data. The sample may not add to 2201 due to missing covariate values
bAmong women with infertility for the index pregnancy, 135 (32.6%) used medically assisted reproduction: 46 (34.1%) used clomiphene citrate alone, or with gonadotropins or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, 79 (58.5%) reported gonadotropins or gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, and 10 (7.4%) used other treatments