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Table 24. Pregnancy/Fertility Predictors—Dichotomous N = 2,974a
Potential predictors of event = plans to be pregnant (versus "definitely does not want to" or "wants to leave option open")
Variable |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
OR |
95% Confidence Intervals |
OR |
95% Confidence Intervals |
Lower |
Upper |
P-value |
Lower |
Upper |
P-value |
Age |
0.81 |
0.78 |
0.84 |
< .0001 |
0.82 |
0.80 |
0.85 |
< .0001 |
Nulliparous (versus parous) |
7.78 |
5.11 |
11.85 |
|
5.28 |
3.25 |
8.59 |
|
Nulligravid (versus parous) |
6.10 |
3.91 |
9.52 |
0.0025 |
3.78 |
2.09 |
6.83 |
0.003 |
Suspected infertility (yes versus no) |
2.98 |
1.63 |
5.42 |
0.0004 |
2.61 |
1.39 |
4.9 |
0.0029 |
Race (African-American versus not) |
1.66 |
1.16 |
2.37 |
0.0053 |
1.62 |
1.12 |
2.38 |
0.0105 |
Comorbidities (yes versus no) |
0.79 |
0.61 |
1.01 |
0.0609 |
|
|
|
|
Regular periods (yes versus no) |
1.37 |
0.96 |
1.95 |
0.0845 |
|
|
|
|
History of gynecological disease |
1.26 |
0.92 |
1.72 |
0.1525 |
|
|
|
|
BMI |
1.00 |
0.97 |
1.03 |
0.9628 |
|
|
|
|
a Baseline population N = 3160. Exclusions: postmenopausal women (n = 83) and women missing information on pregnancy plans (n = 103), yielding N of 2,974.
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