Table 6. Day 3 embryo quality and paternal factors.
Chi-square test was conducted to assess the association of different paternal factors with day 3 embryo quality. P-values less than 0.05 were considered to be significant.
| Good (n=57) | Moderate (17) | Poor (31) | p-value | |
| Education | ||||
| No school | 16 (28.1) | 6 (35.3) | 1 (3.2) | 0.02 |
| Primary | 6 (10.5) | 2 (11.8) | 6 (19.4) | |
| High school | 10 (17.5) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (16.1) | |
| Intermediate | 5 (8.8) | 4 (23.5) | 9 (29.0) | |
| Graduate | 20 (35.1) | 1 (5.9) | 10 (32.3) | |
| Parental consanguinity | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Surgical history | 2 (35.0) | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 0.74 |
| Medication on a regular basis | 14 (24.6) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (16.1) | 0.42 |
| Exercise/yoga/meditation | 3 (5.3) | 2 (11.8) | 1 (3.2) | 0.47 |
| Industrial locality | 10 (17.5) | 5 (29.4) | 3 (9.7) | 0.22 |
| Tea/coffee | 55 (96.5) | 16 (94.1) | 31 (100) | 0.46 |
| Smoking | 13 (22.8) | 6 (35.3) | 15 (48.4) | 0.05 |
| Alcohol | 11 (19.3) | 3 (17.6) | 11 (35.5) | 0.19 |
| Tobacco | 4 (7.0) | 6 (35.3) | 6 (19.4) | 0.01 |
| BMI | ||||
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 11 (19.3) | 0 | 2 (6.5) | 0.10 |
| Normal weight (18.5-24.9 kg/m2) | 40 (70.2) | 14 (82.4) | 24 (77.4) | |
| Overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m2) | 3 (5.3) | 3 (17.6) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Obese (>30 kg/m2) | 3 (5.3) | 0 | 2 (6.5) | |