Table 3.

Comparison of obesity-related inflammatory indicators of FFA, GSH-Px, IHNB, IL-1, IGF-1, and ROS within seminal plasma

Variable	Group				P-value
	1 (N=15)	2 (N=369)	3 (N=210)	4 (N=42)
FFA (ng/ml)	306.05 ± 120.20	278.91 ± 95.78	428.69 ± 107.12	476.21 ± 117.35	<0.001
GSH-Px (U/ml)	101.85 ± 17.86	93.38 ± 24.05	76.45 ± 27.64	67.58 ± 23.85	<0.001
IHNB (ng/l)	28.24 ± 11.03	24.49 ± 8.94	38.47 ± 9.33	38.72 ± 11.16	<0.001
IL-1 (ng/l)	35.38 ± 10.57	39.44 ± 12.37	51.12 ± 11.20	51.26 ± 10.75	<0.001
IGF-1 (ng/ml)	86.58 ± 41.94	115.42 ± 49.16	145.92 ± 76.56	167.22 ± 55.90	<0.001
ROS (U/l)	350.40 ± 107.34	319.38 ± 156.31	567.58 ± 204.80	650.34 ± 194.64	<0.001

BMI-based grouping was finally presented as: group 1 [median: 28; range (P₂₅–P₇₅): 26.25–29.00], group 2 [median: 32; range (P₂₅–P₇₅): 31–33], group 3 [median: 36; range (P₂₅–P₇₅): 35.0–37.5], and group 4 [median: 43; range (P₂₅–P₇₅): 41.0–45.5].