Table 3 Subgroups analyses of the effect of VAI on infertility.

From: Association between visceral adiposity index and infertility in reproductive-aged women in the United States

Subgroups

N

OR (95% CI)

P for interaction

Total

Infertility

Age

0.2049

 Tertile1

408

21

1.28 (0.68, 2.43)

 

 Tertile2

378

43

1.86 (1.06, 3.26)

 

 Tertile3

445

63

1.28 (1.03, 1.60)

 

Race

0.3855

 Mexican American

194

22

1.15 (0.71, 1.86)

 

 Other Hispanic

128

10

1.69 (0.88, 3.24)

 

 Non-Hispanic White

357

40

1.27 (1.01, 1.59)

 

 Non-Hispanic Black

313

30

1.29 (0.74, 2.25)

 

 Other race

239

25

0.64 (0.26, 1.57)

 

Education level

0.2534

 Below high school

164

18

1.63 (0.93, 2.85)

 

 High school grad/GED/equivalent

217

22

1.00 (0.56, 1.77)

 

 Above high school

742

84

1.12 (0.82, 1.51)

 

Marital status

0.5472

 Married

580

90

1.20 (0.90, 1.60)

 

 Widowed

65

9

1.37 (0.99, 1.90)

 

 Divorced and separated

288

13

0.67 (0.26, 1.71)

 

 Never married

132

7

1.06 (0.49, 2.31)

 

 Living with partner

58

5

1.08 (0.33, 3.54)

 

Smoking status

0.5515

 Now

146

20

1.09 (0.66, 1.81)

 

 Former

37

6

1.34 (0.72, 2.48)

 

 Never

148

21

1.10 (0.82, 1.47)

 

Alcohol drinking

0.8586

 Yes

75

15

1.22 (1.02, 1.45)

 

 No

947

96

1.15 (0.59, 2.22)

 

Hypertension

0.2074

 Yes

166

29

1.26 (0.86, 1.83)

 

 No

1065

98

0.97 (0.73, 1.29)

 

Diabetes

0.8003

 Yes

54

15

1.16 (0.85, 1.59)

 

 No

1177

112

1.10 (0.81, 1.48)

 
  1. Subgroup analysis of the correlation between visceral obesity index and infertility. Factors such as age, race, education level, marital status, smoking, alcohol consumption, diabetes, and hypertension did not affect the positive correlation between visceral obesity index and infertility.