Table 3 Discontinuation at 12, 24, 36 months after placement
Removal reasons | 1–12 months | 12–24 months | 24–36 months | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abortion | Menstrual | Abortion | Menstrual | Abortion | Menstrual | |
Bleeding | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
Amenorrhea | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Weight gain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Planned pregnancy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Migration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 20 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 |
χ2 = 0.310, P = 0.578 | χ2 = 0.884, P = 0.347 | χ2 = 0.159, P =0.690 | ||||