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Table 2 Distribution of study participants according to their lifestyle-related characteristics, Women Hospital-Hamad Medical Corporation, 2018

From: Risk profile of Qatari women treated for infertility in a tertiary hospital: a case-control study

Lifestyle history

Cases

Cases

Controls

p value

Primary Infertility

n = 43 (%)

Secondary Infertility

n = 93 (%)

Infertility Total

n = 136 (%)

n = 272 (%)

Water pipe smoking:

0.005*

 No

41 (95.3)

86 (92.5)

127 (93.4)

268 (98.5)

 Yes, currently

1 (2.3)

5 (5.4)

6 (4.4)

3 (1.1)

 Yes, previously

1 (2.3)

2 (2.2)

3 (2.2)

1 (0.4)

 Yes, “collectively”

2 (4.7)

7 (7.5)

9 (6.6)

4 (1.5)

Second hand smoking:

0.006*

 No

15 (35.9)

42 (45.2)

57 (42.0)

153 (56.3)

 Yes, currently

17 (39.5)

41 (44.1)

58 (42.6)

103 (37.9)

 Yes, previously

11 (25.6)

10 (10.8)

21 (15.4)

16 (5.9)

 Yes, “collectively”

28 (65.1)

51(54.8)

79 (58.1)

119 (43.8)

Vigorous exercise:

0.017*

 No

40 (93.0)

84 (90.3)

124 (91.2)

263 (96.7)

 Yes

3 (7.0)

9 (9.7)

12 (8.8)

9 (3.3)

Childhood obesity:

0.004*

 No

34 (79.1)

70 (75.3)

104 (76.5)

238 (87.5)

  Yes

9 (20.9)

23 (24.7)

32 (23.5)

34 (12.5)

Steady weight gain since marriage:

0.001*

 No

11 (25.6)

25 (26.9)

36 (26.5)

203 (74.6)

 Yes

32 (74.4)

68 (73.1)

100 (73.5)

69 (25.4)

Recent weight gain:

0.001*

 No

15 (34.9)

38 (40.9)

53 (39.0)

232 (85.3)

 Yes

28 (65.1)

55 (59.1)

83 (61.0)

40 (14.7)

  1. * p < 0.05