Table 1 Characteristics of study population.

From: Association between vitamin B2 intake and female infertility: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Total (n = 3804)

Without infertility (n = 3208)

With infertility (n = 524)

P value

Weighted population

75,344,429

64,445,217

10,899,211

 

Age, mean (SE), years

39.91 (0.35)

39.61 (0.34)

41.65 (0.79)

0.01

Race, n (%)

   

0.47

Mexican American

581 (10.27%)

515 (10.64%)

66 (8.12%)

 

Non-hispanic black

850 (12.53%)

740 (12.58%)

110 (12.21%)

 

Non-hispanic white

1,386 (60.47%)

1,163 (59.86%)

223 (64.06%)

 

Other hispanic

387 (6.45%)

341 (6.65%)

46 (5.31%)

 

Other race

600 (10.28%)

521 (10.27%)

79 (10.30%)

 

Education level, n (%)

   

0.41

Less than high school

564 (10.27%)

506 (10.49%)

58 (8.96%)

 

High school or equivalent

778 (20.89%)

677 (21.29%)

101 (18.53%)

 

Above high school

2,462 (68.84%)

2,097 (68.22%)

365 (72.51%)

 

PIR, Mean (SE)

2.89 (0.05)

2.87 (0.06)

3.01 (0.08)

0.11

Marry, n (%)

   

< 0.001

Married

1,828 (52.27%)

1,495 (49.96%)

333 (65.93%)

 

Never married

892 (21.13%)

827 (22.86%)

65 (10.87%)

 

Living with partner

419 (10.44%)

374 (10.88%)

45 (7.84%)

 

Other

665 (16.17%)

584 (16.30%)

81 (15.37%)

 

BMI, mean (SE), kg/m2

29.90 (0.27)

29.53 (0.27)

32.08 (0.60)

< 0.001

BMI, n (%)

   

0.09

< 25

1,144 (32.10%)

1,000 (32.85%)

144 (27.66%)

 

≥ 25

2,660 (67.90%)

2,280 (67.15%)

380 (72.34%)

 

Physical activity, mean (SE), min/week

849.36 (31.92)

837.83 (32.04)

917.50 (78.26)

0.31

Smoking status, n (%)

   

0.76

Never

2,549 (65.16%)

2,215 (65.45%)

334 (63.50%)

 

Former

549 (15.99%)

463 (15.93%)

86 (16.33%)

 

Now

706 (18.85%)

602 (18.62%)

104 (20.17%)

 

Drinking status, n (%)

   

0.77

Never

621 (12.90%)

544 (12.93%)

77 (12.76%)

 

Former

454 (10.85%)

384 (10.64%)

70 (12.08%)

 

Mild

1,053 (28.86%)

900 (29.42%)

153 (25.57%)

 

Moderate

918 (26.87%)

796 (26.66%)

122 (28.09%)

 

Heavy

758 (20.52%)

656 (20.35%)

102 (21.49%)

 

HEI-2015, mean (SE)

51.12 (0.51)

51.26 (0.55)

50.29 (0.91)

0.34

Age at menarche, mean (SE)

12.63 (0.04)

12.65 (0.04)

12.53 (0.11)

0.25

Ever treated for a pelvic infection/PID, n (%)

   

< 0.001

Yes

222 (5.66%)

168 (4.61%)

54 (11.82%)

 

No

3,582 (94.34%)

3,112 (95.39%)

470 (88.18%)

 

Ever taken birth control pills, n (%)

   

0.12

Yes

2,683 (76.25%)

2,282 (75.58%)

401 (80.23%)

 

No

1,121 (23.75%)

998 (24.42%)

123 (19.77%)

 

Ever use female hormones, n (%)

   

0.01

Yes

345 (10.74%)

271 (10.06%)

74 (14.76%)

 

No

3,459 (89.26%)

3,009 (89.94%)

450 (85.24%)

 

Vitamin B2, mean (SE), mg

1.87 (0.03)

1.88 (0.03)

1.78 (0.04)

0.047

  1. All means and SEs for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables were weighted. BMI body mass index, HEI-2015 Healthy Eating Index-2015, PID pelvic inflammatory disease, PIR poverty income ratio, SE standard error.