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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2019 Nov;30(Suppl 2):S17–S27. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001070

TABLE 5.

Cumulative Duration Models

n Sperm Concentrationa
(×103/mL)
Bb (95% CI)
<15 Million Sperm/mL
ORb (95% CI)
Total overweight/obese points 127 −0.10 (−0.45, 0.25) 1.1 (0.78, 1.6)
Child overweight/obese points (≥85th percentile) 132 −0.29 (−0.84, 0.27) 1.3 (0.78, 2.2)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 184 −0.04 (−0.43, 0.35) 0.93 (0.63, 1.4)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)c 127 0.06 (−0.44, 0.57) 0.98 (0.60, 1.6)
n Progressive Motility
B (95% CI)
<32% Progressive Motility
OR (95% CI)

Total overweight/obese points 127 −0.29 (−1.9, 1.3) 1.1 (0.91, 1.4)
Child overweight/obese points (≥85th percentile) 132 −0.38 (−3.0, 2.2) 1.1 (0.80, 1.6)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 184 −0.84 (−2.8, 1.1) 1.3 (0.96, 1.6)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)c 127 −0.34 (−2.7, 2.0) 1.2 (0.89, 1.6)
n Percent Normal
Morphology
B (95% CI)
<4% Normal
Morphology
OR (95% CI)

Total overweight/obese points 126 0.28 (−0.15, 0.70) 1.1 (0.87, 1.4)
Child overweight/obese points (≥85th percentile) 131 0.25 (−0.45, 0.94) 1.1 (0.72. 1.6)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 183 0.19 (−0.32, 0.71) 1.2 (0.89, 1.6)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)c 126 0.43 (−0.19, 1.0) 1.2 (0.82, 1.7)
n 2 or 3 WHO Subfertility
Criteria Versus None
ORb (95% CI)
1 WHO Criterion
Versus None
ORb (95% CI)

Total overweight/obese points 126 1.3 (0.95, 1.7) 0.90 (0.70, 1.2)
Child overweight/obese points (≥85th percentile) 131 1.1 (0.68, 1.7) 1.0 (0.70, 1.5)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2) 183 1.5 (1.0, 2.2) 0.92 (0.69, 1.2)
Adult overweight/obese points (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)c 126 1.6 (1.0, 2.7) 0.83 (0.58, 1.2)
a

Square-root transformed.

b

Adjusted for birth weight for gestational age percentile and abstinence time.

c

Restricted to participants with childhood measures.