Table 1 FertiQoL scores by demographic and clinical characteristics
Variables | n | % | FertiQoL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | F/t | P-value | |||
Demographic variables | ||||||
 Educational background |  |  |  |  | 0.914 | 0.401 |
  Senior high school or below | 197 | 39.6 | 65.78 | 16.70 |  |  |
  Junior college | 111 | 22.3 | 64.07 | 16.60 |  |  |
  College or above | 190 | 38.1 | 63.53 | 17.29 |  |  |
 Residence |  |  |  |  | 1.275 | 0.203 |
  Rural area | 112 | 22.5 | 66.33 | 16.22 |  |  |
  Urban area | 386 | 77.5 | 64.02 | 17.08 |  |  |
 Household monthly income (yuan) |  |  |  |  | 2.446 | 0.015 |
  ≤ 4000 | 189 | 38.0 | 62.19 | 17.57 |  |  |
  > 4000 | 309 | 62.0 | 65.98 | 16.34 |  |  |
Clinical variables | ||||||
 Pregnancy history |  |  |  |  | 0.467 | 0.641 |
  Yes | 228 | 45.8 | 64.16 | 15.76 |  |  |
  No | 270 | 54.2 | 64.86 | 17.83 |  |  |
 Surgical history |  |  |  |  | 1.874 | 0.062 |
  Yes | 205 | 41.2 | 62.85 | 17.57 |  |  |
  No | 293 | 58.5 | 65.73 | 16.34 |  |  |
 Infection history |  |  |  |  | 1.737 | 0.083 |
  Yes | 36 | 7.2 | 59.84 | 20.16 |  |  |
  No | 462 | 92.8 | 64.91 | 16.59 |  |  |
 Causes of infertility |  |  |  |  | 4.079 | 0.007 |
  Female factors | 299 | 60.0 | 62.75 | 17.32 |  |  |
  Male factors | 56 | 11.3 | 70.49 | 18.18 |  |  |
  Mixed factors | 31 | 6.2 | 63.73 | 14.25 |  |  |
  Unexplained reason | 112 | 22.5 | 66.58 | 14.98 |  |  |