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Table 25. Pregnancy/Fertility Predictors—Ordinal
Potential predictors of event = "plans to be pregnant" or "wants to leave option open" (versus "definitely does not want to"). N = 2,974
Variable |
Outcome Level |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
OR |
95% Confidence Intervals |
OR |
95% Confidence Intervals |
Lower |
Upper |
P-value |
Lower |
Upper |
P-value |
Age |
Plans to be pregnant |
0.74 |
0.71 |
0.76 |
< .0001 |
0.74 |
0.71 |
0.76 |
< .0001 |
|
Wants to leave option open |
0.80 |
0.78 |
0.82 |
|
0.80 |
0.78 |
0.82 |
|
Nulliparous (versus parous) |
Plans to be pregnant |
10.76 |
7.00 |
16.55 |
< .0001 |
10.78 |
6.72 |
17.31 |
< .0001 |
Nulligravid (versus parous) |
|
8.48 |
5.67 |
12.69 |
|
7.46 |
4.79 |
11.62 |
|
Nulliparous (versus parous) |
Wants to leave option open |
6.35 |
4.86 |
8.29 |
|
6.13 |
4.57 |
8.23 |
|
Nulligravid (versus parous) |
|
6.26 |
4.96 |
7.90 |
|
5.60 |
4.32 |
7.27 |
|
Suspected infertility (yes versus no) |
Plans to be pregnant |
3.24 |
2.25 |
4.67 |
< .0001 |
3.07 |
2.00 |
4.7 |
< .0001 |
|
Wants to leave option open |
1.87 |
1.41 |
2.47 |
|
1.55 |
1.13 |
2.14 |
|
Race (African-American versus not) |
Plans to be pregnant |
1.83 |
1.36 |
2.48 |
< .0001 |
1.74 |
1.23 |
2.46 |
0.0042 |
|
Wants to leave option open |
1.35 |
1.11 |
1.62 |
|
1.27 |
1.02 |
1.59 |
|
Comorbidities (yes vs. no) |
Plans to be pregnant |
0.73 |
0.52 |
1.03 |
0.0004 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wants to leave option open |
0.66 |
0.53 |
0.83 |
|
|
|
|
|
Regularity of periods (regular versus not) |
Plans to be pregnant |
1.48 |
1.04 |
2.11 |
0.0099 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wants to leave option open |
1.30 |
1.04 |
1.61 |
|
|
|
|
|
History of gynecological disease (yes versus no) |
Plans to be pregnant |
1.25 |
0.83 |
1.86 |
0.5199 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wants to leave option open |
0.96 |
0.73 |
1.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
BMI |
Plans to be pregnant |
1.00 |
0.98 |
1.02 |
0.6915 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wants to leave option open |
1.01 |
0.99 |
1.02 |
|
|
|
|
|
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