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. 2022 Jul 7;22:549. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04885-8

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