Table 1.

Mean standard semen parameters for the 85 semen samples separated by sample group as compared to World Health Organization (WHO) minimum guidelines: 84 LB + NLB samples and 1 NLB outlier sample with an over-abundance of microbial sequencing reads. The 95% confidence interval is reported for group LB + NLB only

	Volume (mL)	Concentration (M/ml)	Motility (%)	% normal forms
WHO standards	1.5	15	32	4
LB + NLB (n = 84)	3.14 (± 0.25)	66.41 (± 10.24)	55.71 (± 2.74)	22.35 (± 4.44)
outlier (n = 1)	2.70	68.00	38.00	40.00