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Primary and secondary infertility exhibit distinct risk profiles, with secondary infertility being strongly predicted by longer marriage duration, husband's smoking, and prior contraceptive use, while primary infertility is predicted by spousal separation and irregular menstrual cycles. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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A comparative study of factors associated with primary and secondary infertility among women attending a tertiary care hospital in Western India

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This study aims to compare factors associated with primary and secondary infertility among women attending a tertiary care hospital.
Analytic cross-sectional study conducted from October 2022 to October 2023.
240 married women aged 15-49 years with infertility complaints were interviewed.
Descriptive statistics, Chi-square tests, and multivariate logistic regression were used for analysis.
Primary infertility prevalence: 51.2%, secondary infertility prevalence: 48.8%.
Key predictors of secondary infertility include duration of marriage ≥ 5 years (AOR = 2.54) and husbands' smoking (AOR = 3.68).
Irregular menstrual cycles were significantly associated with primary infertility (p < 0.05).

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Analytic cross-sectional study identifies risk factors for infertility in women, suggesting public health interventions.

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Patel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a3780d724f042ddf4c5ad29 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-02438-4

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A comparative study of factors associated with primary and secondary infertility among women attending a tertiary care hospital in Western India

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A comparative study of factors associated with primary and secondary infertility among women attending a tertiary care hospital in Western India

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