Table 2. Prevalence of subjects in each BMI and sperm DNA fragmentation category.
n (%) | Ordinal logistic regression | OR (95% CI) | |||||
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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.