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. 2013 Jun 24;15(5):622–625. doi: 10.1038/aja.2013.65

Table 2. Prevalence of subjects in each BMI and sperm DNA fragmentation category.

  n (%) Ordinal logistic regression OR (95% CI)
DNA fragmentation rate <14.0% 110 (72.8%) 93 (67.9%) 22 (51.2%) Univariate 1 (reference) 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) 2.4 (1.2, 4.7)
DNA fragmentation rate 14.0%–29.9% 30 (19.9%) 30 (21.9%) 16 (37.2%) Adjusted 1 (reference) 1.4 (0.8, 2.4) 2.5 (1.2, 5.1)
DNA fragmentation rate ≥30% 11 (7.3%) 14 (10.2%) 5 (11.6%)        

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

ORs for moving from one DNA fragmentation category to the next. Results are presented as unadjusted, and adjusted for age and tobacco use.