Table 2:
Men with normal semen parameter | Men with abnormal semen parameter | ||||
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Sperm Parameter | n (%) | GM BPA (95% CI) | n (%) | GM BPA (95% CI) | p-value* |
<30% normal heads | 124 (50.8) | 2.28 (2.03, 2.56) | 120 (49.2) | 2.75 (2.39, 3.17) | 0.0567 |
<65% normal tails | 199 (81.9) | 2.39 (2.17, 2.63) | 44 (18.1) | 3.12 (2.43, 4.01) | 0.0324 |
Concentration <15 million/mL | 210 (86.1) | 2.50 (2.27, 2.74) | 34 (13.9) | 2.54 (1.85, 3.49) | 0.6896 |
Volume <1.5 mL | 173 (70.9) | 2.58 (2.33, 2.87) | 71 (29.1) | 2.31 (1.93, 2.77) | 0.0878 |
Count <60 million | 166 (68.0) | 2.50 (2.24, 2.78) | 78 (32.0) | 2.51 (2.12, 2.98) | 0.7936 |
>5% megaloheads | 240 (98.4) | 2.52 (2.30, 2.76) | 4 (1.6) | 1.76 (0.74, 4.19) | 0.2888 |
>5% Microheads | 233 (95.5) | 2.51 (2.29, 3.76) | 11 (4.5) | 2.31 (1.62, 3.28) | 0.7830 |
>35% tapered heads | 159 (65.2) | 2.48 (2.23, 2.77) | 85 (34.8) | 2.54 (2.15, 3.00) | 0.7767 |
>5% bicephalic | 240 (98.4) | 2.49 (2.28, 3.73) | 4 (1.6) | 3.00 (0.41, 1.70) | 0.6246 |
>10% amorphous heads | 33 (13.5) | 2.41 (1.81, 3.21) | 211 (86.5) | 2.52 (2.29, 2.77) | 0.9979 |
Mann Whitney test between geometric means of BPA
GM: geometric mean