| Table 1. Differences in participant demographics of fertile and subfertile women. | |||
| Parameters | Fertile (n=250) |
Subfertile (n=250) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) * | 28.5±4.8 | 35.8±5.2 | < 0.001 |
| Years lived with partner † | 2.4 (1.1 - 6.0) | 5.0 (3.0 - 10.0) | < 0.001 |
| Years tried to conceive † | 2.3 (2.2 - 2.6) | 3.0 (2.7 - 3.3) | < 0.001 |
| Education Under bachelor’s degree Bachelor’s degree Higher than a bachelor’s degree |
82 (32.8) 158 (63.2) 10 (4.0) |
63 (25.2) 140 (56.0) 47 (18.8) |
0.061 0.101 <0.001 |
| Occupation Government officer Private officer Personal business Others |
36 (14.4) 100 (40.0) 48 (19.2) 66 (26.4) |
73 (29.2) 45 (18.0) 84 (33.6) 48 (19.2) |
<0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.055 |
| Income per month (baht) ‡ ≤ 10,000 10,001-20,000 20,001-30,000 > 30,000 |
40 (16.0) 141 (56.4) 54 (21.6) 15 (6.0) |
21 (8.4) 83 (33.2) 76 (30.4) 70 (28.0) |
0.010 < 0.001 0.025 < 0.001 |
| Religion Buddhist Christian Muslim Others |
220 (88.0) 25 (10.0) 4 (1.6) 1 (0.4) |
225 (90.0) 23 (9.2) 2 (0.8) 0 |
0.476 0.762 0.413 0.319 |
Values are frequency, n (%), Chi-square test, unless otherwise stated
* Mean±standard deviation, t-test
† Median (interquartile range), Mann-Whitney U test
‡ US Dollar conversion rate was 36 baht to 1 US Dollar at the time of data collection