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Table 4 Discontinuations, Conceptions, and Conceptions Leading to Live Births up to 24 Months After Beginning Natural Procreative Technology Treatment, by Characteristics of Couples Beginning Treatment

From: Restorative reproductive medicine for infertility in two family medicine clinics in New England, an observational study

Couple Characteristics

Couples n

Exited Treatment, n (%)

Conception, n (%)

Live Births, n (%)

Adjusted Conceptions, %

P value

Adjusted Live Births, %

P value

All couples

370

209 (56)

116 (31)

66 (18)

39

 

29

 

Age, y

     

0.0216a

 

0.0438a

 <35

184

91 (49)

64 (35)

40 (22)

44

 

34

 

 ≥35

186

118(63)

52 (28)

26 (14)

33

 

23

 

Time trying for birth, y

     

<0.001a

 

<0.001a

 <1

97

45 (46)

40 (41)

24 (25)

52

 

38

 

 1-2.9

165

90 (55)

58 (35)

33 (20)

42

 

33

 

 ≥3

108

74 (69)

18 (17)

9 (8)

15

 

12

 

Had prior pregnancy

     

0.0129a

 

0.1299a

 Yes

169

92(54)

66(39)

35 (21)

52

 

36

 

 No

201

117 (58)

50 (25)

31 (15)

29

 

25

 

Had prior live birth

     

0.1040a

 

0.6249a

 Yes

99

58 (59)

34 (34)

18 (18)

54

 

35

 

 No

269

150 (56)

82 (30)

48 (18)

34

 

28

 

Received prior IVF

     

0.1861b

 

0.7490a

 Yes

21

16 (76)

4 (19)

2 (10)

30

 

20

 

 No

348

192 (55)

112 (32)

64 (18)

40

 

30

 

Received prior IUI

     

0.2305a

 

0.1836a

 Yes

49

33 (67)

11 (22)

5 (10)

21

 

15

 

 No

320

175 (55)

105 (33)

61 (19)

41

 

32

 

Physician

     

0.7869a

 

0.7506a

 Dr. Carpentier

316

179 (57)

98 (31)

56 (18)

39

 

30

 

 Dr. Rollo

54

30 (56)

18 (33)

10 (19)

40

 

27

 

Menstrual/fertility cycle charting

     

0.7551a

 

0.5753a

 Creighton Model

297

167 (56)

92 (31)

53 (18)

38

 

30

 

 Other

51

25 (49)

18 (35)

12 (24)

42

 

30

 

None/missing

22

17 (77)

6 (27)

1 (2)

49

 

10

 

BMI

     

0.0812b

 

0.0008b

 <25

154

83 (54)

54 (35)

38 (25)

45

 

40

 

 ≥25

121

65 (54)

34 (28)

12 (10)

31

 

16

 

Start date (tertiles)

     

0.0850a

 

0.8055a

 Dec 1990-June 2005

113

72 (64)

30 (27)

17 (15)

33

 

25

 

 June 2005-Mar 2010

130

58 (45)

44 (34)

31 (24)

42

 

34

 

 Mar 2010- Dec 2013

126

79 (63)

41 (33)

18 (14)

38

 

28

 
  1. BMI body mass index, IUI intrauterine insemination, IVF in vitro fertilization
  2. aFleming-Harrington weighted Renyi test
  3. bAdjusted log-rank test