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Table 5 Factors associated with the success of conventional infertility treatment (n = 211 cases)

From: Tertiary care for infertile couples: aetiological diagnoses and conventional treatment outcomes in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Factors

Strata

Outcome (pregnancy)

OR

[95% CI]

P value

Success

Failure

N

%

N

%

Patient’s age

< 35 years

25

21.37

92

78.63

2.56

1.13–5.80

0.010

≥ 35 years

9

9.57

85

90.43

   

Infertility type

Primary

3

4.35

66

95.65

   

Secondary

31

21.68

112

78.32

6.08

1.79–20.69

0.001

Marriage type

Monogamous

21

14.79

121

85.21

0.74

0.34–1.59

0.228

Polygamous

13

18.84

56

81.16

   

Infertility duration

< 5 years

22

21.78

79

78.22

2.27

1.06–4.87

0.017

≥ 5 years

12

10.90

98

89.09

   

Infertility causes

Female

21

25.00

63

75.00

4.77

1.82–12.52

0.000

Male + Female

6

6.52

86

93.48

   

Unexplained

7

20.00

28

80.00

3.58

1.11–11.55

0.019

All factors

Total

34

100.0

177

100.0