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Table 5 Fecundability ratiosa (FR) for couples providing semen samples in comparison with couples not providing semenb.

From: Fertility in four regions spanning large contrasts in serum levels of widespread persistent organochlorines: a cross-sectional study

 

Number pregnant (row percentage)

FR crude

FR adjusted

95% CI

 

0 – 3 months

4 – 6 months

6 – 12 months

> 12 months

   

Warsaw

       

- sample

123 (56)

23 (10)

37 (17)

38 (17)

1.00

1.00

-

+sample

85 (55)

15 (10)

23 (15)

32 (20)

0.91

0.90

0.7 – 1.1

Kharkiv

       

- sample

103 (49)

27 (13)

27 (13)

53 (25)

1.00

1.00

-

+sample

44 (46)

10 (10)

12 (12)

31 (32)

0.87

1.02

0.8 – 1.4

Greenland

       

- sample

205 (60)

33 (10)

50 (15)

53 (16)

1.00

1.00

-

+sample

89 (50)

28 (15)

35 (20)

27 (15)

0.89

0.88

0.7 – 1.1

All

       

- sample

431 (56)

83 (11)

114 (15)

144 (19)

1.00

1.00

-

+sample

218 (51)

53 (12)

70 (16)

90 (21)

0.89

0.91

0.80 – 1.04

  1. a) Adjustment for region (only the overall estimate), female age (continuous) and current female smoking (yes/no).
  2. b) Sweden not included (TTP and semen studies with marginal overlap).