Table 5 Association between semen characteristics and past glycol ether exposure status.
| Exposure status | Seminal volume (<2 ml) | Sperm concentration (<20.106/ml) | Total sperm count (<40.106) | “a” Rapid progressive sperm motility (<25%) | “a” + “b” Total progressive sperm motility (<50%) | Sperm morphology (<30%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | n | OR (95% CI) | |
| Non‐exposed (n = 50) | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.0 | 35 | 1.0 | 37 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Moderately exposed (n = 23)* | 3 | 1.1 (0.3 to 5.0) | 4 | 3.2 (0.6 to 16.1) | 3 | NC | 19 | 2.1 (0.6 to 7.5) | 17 | 0.8 (0.3 to 2.7) | 4 | 2.3 (0.5 to 9.7) |
| Highly exposed (n = 25)* | 4 | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1) | 4 | 3.0 (0.6 to 14.6) | 3 | NC | 24 | 10.2 (1.3 to 82.5) | 23 | 4.3 (0.9 to 20.9) | 6 | 3.2 (0.9 to 11.8) |
NC, not calculable.
*Adjusted for age, sexual abstinence and, season of semen analysis.