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. 2019 Aug 8;127(8):087002. doi: 10.1289/EHP4812

Table 1.

Demographics of participants for the pooled human sperm WGBS (WGBS-Pool) library.

Characteristics n, mean±SD, and/or range
Age
 Mean 41.4±9.1y
 Range 27–61 y
Imprinted gene methylation
H19 (mean, range) 97.1±0.8%, 94.597.9%
MEST (mean, range) 4.2±1.0%, 2.76.2%
Fertility statusa
 Fertile 21
 Infertile 6
 Unknown 3
Sperm counts (million/mL)
 Mean 100.8±95.6 (n=29)b
 Range 3.8–497.7
Percentage DFI (%)
 Mean 15.0±7.1 (n=26)b
 Range 6.05–30.9
Smoking status (n)
 Smokers 6
 Nonsmokers 23
 Unknown 1
MTHFR genotype (n)
MTHFR CC 13
MTHFR CT 2
MTHFR TT 15
High-dose folic acid use [5mg/d (n)]
 Yes 6
 No 24

Note: DFI, DNA fragmentation index; MTHFR, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; SD, standard deviation; WGBS, whole genome bisulfite sequencing.

a

A fertile status was determined if participants were normospermic and presented to the clinic due to known female factor infertility (see “Methods” section).

b

Sperm counts and %DFI were not measured in all individuals due to limited amount of sample available upon collection.