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Correlation of Thyroid Gland Functions with Menstrual Patterns amongst Infertile and Fertile Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in North-Central Nigeria
World Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
| Vol 3, Issue 1
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