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. 2013 Aug 2;30(9):1161–1167. doi: 10.1007/s10815-013-0057-3

Table 3.

The risk factors for depression in men undergoing different ART treatments

IUI IVF ICSI
OR 95.0 % C.I OR 95.0 % CI OR 95.0 % CI
Age 0.82 * 0.70 –0.97 1.00 0.94 –1.07 1.03 0.84 –1.26
BMI 1.05 0.89 –1.24 0.98 0.90 –1.07 0.86 0.60 –1.22
Education 0.83 0.54 –1.29 1.02 0.80 –1.30 0.69 0.33 –1.44
Duration of marriage 2.84 * 1.03 –7.79 1.23 0.79 –1.88 0.26 0.04 –1.68
Duration of infertility 0.86 0.32 –2.31 0.90 0.58 –1.40 4.46 0.56 –35.49
Infertility causes
  Female Ref Ref Ref
  Unexplained 1.83 0.49 –6.80 2.05 * 1.10 –3.82 4E + 009 0.00 -.
  Both female and male 1.03 0.20 –5.39 2.43 ** 1.25 –4.70 1E + 008 0.00 -.
  Male 1.70 0.34 –8.62 0.23 0.03 –1.80 4E + 008 0.00 -.
Smoking 1.10 0.40 –3.01 0.84 0.51 –1.41 1.12 0.22 –5.69
History of ejaculation failure 0.57 0.10 –3.19 2.32 * 1.17 –4.62 0.00 0.00 -.
Financial burden of treatment 3.58** 1.44 –8.88 1.37 0.94 –2.00 1.21 0.39 –3.73
Type of pregnancy 1.03 0.33 –3.19 1.25 0.72 –2.15 0.17 0.02 –1.86

* P < 0.05, **P < 0.001