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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2010 Jun 23;4(3):266–273. doi: 10.1007/s11764-010-0134-x

Table 4. Odds ratios regarding fertility by histological subtype.

Nonseminoma Seminoma

Controls Cases OR (95% CI) Cases OR (95% CI)
Fertility Distress
Yes 6 22 6.77 (2.38-19.23) 10 1.61 (0.76-8.94)
No 155 60 1.0 58 1.0
P-value 0.0003 0.13
Difficulty in Fathering Children
Yes 8 30 6.55 (2.61-16.41) 18 4.49 (1.57-12.87)
No 136 56 1.0 42 1.0
P-value <0.0001 0.0051
Tested for Infertility
Yes 8 23 3.56 (1.41-8.97) 15 4.20 (1.48-11.90)
No 210 96 1.0 87 1.0
P-value 0.0071 0.0070
Person Tested
Man 4 7 2.21 (0.53-9.13) 8 2.83 (0.65-12.31)
Woman 3 1 0.54 (0.054-5.32) 0 0.001 (inf.)
Both 6 18 4.40 (1.59-12.16) 8 2.79 (0.80-9.71)
None 76 44 1.0 34 1.0
P-trend 0.074 0.27
Fathered Children
Yes 45 55 1.85 (1.12-3.05) 23 0.80 (0.42-1.52)
No 178 75 1.0 88 1.0
P-value 0.016 0.51
# Children Fathered
0 178 75 1.0 88 1.0
1 27 28 1.98 (1.04-3.78) 12 1.01 (0.42-2.43)
2 11 17 2.85 (1.22-6.68) 8 1.46 (0.43-4.96)
3+ 7 10 2.43 (0.81-7.24) 3 1.76 (0.37-8.33)
P-trend 0.037 0.42

All models adjusted by BMI, income, age, smoking status, race, and low sperm count