Correlation of Thyroid Gland Functions with Menstrual Patterns amongst Infertile and Fertile Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in North-Central Nigeria
Table 1.
Socio-demographic variables of the infertilewomen and fertile women (control) groups
|
| Socio-demographic variable |
Infertilen (%) |
Fertilen (%) |
Totaln (%) |
χ2/ t |
p-value |
|
|
| Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| < 25 |
9 (17.0) |
5 (9.4) |
14 (13.2) |
2.932 |
0.569 |
|
| 25 – 29 |
14 (26.4) |
18 (34.0) |
32 (30.2) |
|
|
|
| 30 – 34 |
7 (13.2) |
11 (20.8) |
18 (17.0) |
|
|
|
| 35 – 39 |
15 (28.3) |
12 (22.6) |
27 (25.5) |
|
|
|
| ≥ 40 – 45 |
8 (15.1) |
7 (13.2) |
15 (14.2) |
|
|
|
| Total (n) |
53 |
53 |
106 |
|
|
|
| Age (Mean ± SD)* |
32.18±6.47 |
31.40±5.74 |
|
0.651t |
0.516 |
|
| Occupational status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
42 (79.2) |
43 (81.1) |
85 (44.3) |
0.509 |
0.808 |
|
| Unemployed |
11 (20.8) |
10 (18.9) |
21 (19.8) |
|
|
|
| Total (n) |
53 |
53 |
106 |
|
|
|
| Educational status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| None |
1 (1.9) |
1 (1.9) |
2 (1.9) |
1.784f |
0.759 |
|
| Primary |
1 (1.9) |
2 (3.8) |
3 (2.8) |
|
|
|
| Secondary |
16 (30.2) |
11 (20.8) |
27 (25.5) |
|
|
|
| Tertiary |
35 (66.0) |
39 (73.6) |
74 (69.8) |
|
|
|
| Total (n) |
53 |
53 |
106 |
|
|
|
| Ethnicity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yoruba |
45 (84.9) |
43 (81.1) |
88 (83.0) |
1.137f |
0.822 |
|
| Hausa |
2 (3.8) |
1 (1.9) |
3 (2.8) |
|
|
|
| Igbo |
2 (3.8) |
3 (5.7) |
5 (4.8) |
|
|
|
| Others |
4 (7.5) |
6 (11.3) |
10 (9.4) |
|
|
|
| Total (n) |
53 |
53 |
106 |
|
|
|
|
χ2: Chi square; t: Independent Samples T test; f: Fisher’s exact test
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