Table 4

Cumulative outcomes per 100 couples in NPT evaluation and treatment: N = 108 couples.

VARIABLES6 MONTHS FROM ENTRY12 MONTHS FROM ENTRY24 MONTHS FROM ENTRY
Cumulative withdrawals from NPT, n (%)26 (24)41 (38)52 (48)
Conceptions
  • Number*1084622
  • Cumulative conceptions364551
  • Crude proportion33.341.747.2
  • Adjusted proportion37.353.973.1
Conceptions leading to live births
  • Number*1085225
  • Cumulative live births263541
  • Crude proportion24.132.438.0
  • Adjusted proportion26.644.566.0
  • NPT—natural procreative technology.

  • * Number of couples at risk for conception (or conception leading to live birth) at beginning of the time interval.

  • Adjusted by life-table analysis, where withdrawal or continuing treatment at the end of study follow-up are censoring events.

  • Live births are assigned the time interval when the conception occurred rather than when the birth occurred.