Table 2.
Effect of cigarette sticks smoked per day on semen parameters
| Semen parameters | Number of sticks | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | r2 | p-value | |
| Volume (ml) | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.667 |
| pH | −0.13 | 0.42 | 0.001 |
| Active (%) | −1.31 | 0.15 | 0.004 |
| Sluggish | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.358 |
| Immobile | −0.60 | 0.05 | 0.093 |
| Morphology (%) | −1.10 | 0.19 | 0.001 |
| Viability (%) | −1.44 | 0.17 | 0.002 |
| Count (sperm/ml) | −2.70 | 0.10 | 0.019 |
| Total count (# of sperm) | −7.43 | 0.07 | 0.037 |
| PC (cells/HPF) | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.236 |
| EC (cells/HPF) | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.650 |
| RBC (cells/HPF) | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.491 |
Shows linear regression of the effect of number of cigarette sticks smoked per day and the duration of the smoking on semen parameters. β slope of the line of best fit, r 2 coefficient of determination, PC pus cells, EC epithelial cells, RBC red blood cells, # number