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. 2019 Aug;8(4):356–365. doi: 10.21037/tau.2019.06.22

Table 3. Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) and lifestyle and semen routine parameters.

Semen routine parameters DFI
r P
Age (years) 0.159 <0.01*
BMI (kg/m2) 0.002 0.95
Abstinence time (days) 0.133 <0.01*
Liquefaction time (hours) −0.05 0.07
Smoke (yes/no) 0.109 <0.01*
Alcohol (yes/no) 0.064 0.01*
Volume (mL) 0.027 0.17
Concentration (106/mL) −0.307 <0.01*
Sperm progressive motility (%) −0.552 <0.01*
Normal morphology rate (%) −0.620 <0.01*

*, statistical significant.