Table 1. Characteristics of the study population according to the paternal BMI and WC.
| Paternal characteristics | Lean (n = 40) |
Overweight (n = 42) |
Obese (n = 46) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal characteristics | Age (years) | 35±8 | 38±7 | 39 ±8 |
| Sexual abstinence (days) | 4±2 | 4±3 | 5±2 | |
| Anthropometric | Body Mass Index (BMI)(Kg/m2) | 23.7±1.3 | 27.6±1.4*** | 34±5***§ |
| measurements | Waist circumference (WC)(cm) | 84.9±6 | 99.1±5.8*** | 113±12.6***§ |
| Lifestyle (yes) (%) | Tobacco intake (%)(<21 cigarettes/day) | 43.3 | 43.7 | 45.45 |
| Alcohol consumption (%)(<5 units/week) | 10 | 9.37 | 8.82 | |
| Reproductive history | Varicocelectomy (yes), (%) | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9 |
| Orchidopexy (yes) (%) | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Hydrocelectomy (yes), (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Inguinal hernia surgery (yes), (%) | 6.8 | 12.9 | 6,06 | |
| Primary infertility (yes), (%) | 72 | 77.4 | 78.78 | |
| Secondary infertility (yes), (%) | 27.58 | 22.58 | 21.21 | |
Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) for normally distributed continuous variables, median ± interquartile range for non-normally distributed continuous variables, and as percentage for discrete variables.
Stars denote groups that are statistically significantly different from the control group
* (p<0.05)
** (p<0.01)
*** (p<0.001).
§ Studied groups (Overweight and Obese) showing statistically significant difference between them (p<0.05).