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Table 3 Comparing number (%) of the causes of infertility between primary and secondary infertility

From: Epidemiology of infertility and characteristics of infertile couples requesting assisted reproduction in a low-resource setting in Africa, Sudan

Factors

Primary infertility (nā€‰=ā€‰551)

Secondary infertility (nā€‰=ā€‰249)

P

Male factors

225 (40.8)

59 (23.7)

<ā€‰0.001

Female factors

199 (36.1)

143 (57.4)

<ā€‰0.001

Combined infertility

114 (20.7)

33 (13.3)

0.011

Unexplained infertility

13 (2.4)

14 (5.6)

<ā€‰0.001