Supplementary Table 5.
Effects of fever (fever or nonfever) on semen quality after infection with coronavirus disease 2019
| Characteristic | Erbay et al.27 2021 | Pazir et al.29 2021 | ||
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| Number of patients | Value | Number of patients | Value | |
| Semen volume | ||||
| Fever (ml), mean±s.d. | 18 | - | 12 | 3.40±1.60 |
| Nonfever (ml), mean±s.d. | 8 | - | 12 | 3.50±1.60 |
| P | - | 0.880 | ||
| Combine P | - | |||
| Sperm concentration | ||||
| Fever (×106 ml−1), mean±s.d. | 18 | 29.52±10.70 | 12 | 3.50±1.60 |
| Nonfever (×106 ml−1), mean±s.d. | 8 | 28.48±15.80 | 12 | 33.90±22.10 |
| P | 0.695 | <0.001 | ||
| Combine P | 0.006 | |||
| Total sperm count | ||||
| Fever (×106), mean±s.d. | 18 | 78.37±48.67 | 12 | - |
| Nonfever (×106), mean±s.d. | 8 | 81.42±62.39 | 12 | - |
| P | 0.672 | - | ||
| Combine P | - | |||
| Progressive motility | ||||
| Fever (%), mean±s.d. | 18 | 21.08±6.70 | 12 | 33.9±22.10 |
| Nonfever (%), mean±s.d. | 8 | 22.38±9.20 | 12 | 27.50±6.90 |
| P | 0.671 | 0.349 | ||
| Combine P | 0.574 | |||
| Total motility | ||||
| Fever (%), mean±s.d. | 18 | 33.49±10.10 | 12 | 41.60±12.10 |
| Nonfever (%), mean±s.d. | 8 | 30.82±12.70 | 12 | 45.00±5.20 |
| P | 0.652 | 0.381 | ||
| Combine P | 0.594 | |||
| Normal sperm morphology | ||||
| Fever (%), mean±s.d. | 18 | - | 12 | - |
| Nonfever (%), mean±s.d. | 8 | - | 12 | - |
| P | - | - | ||
| Combine P | - | |||
s.d.: standard deviation