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. 2020 Jul 2;35(7):1529–1536. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa133

Table II.

Effect of patient-related factors on semen parameters.

Semen volume Sperm concentration Total sperm number Progressive motility
<1.5 ml <15 × 106 <39 × 106 <32%
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR(95% CI)
Age at time of fertility preservation (years) 0.96 (0.91–1.01) 1.03 (0.99–1.07) 1.00 (0.97–1.04) 1.04 (1.00–1.08)*
BMI (kg/m²) 1.01 (0.93–1.11) 1.05 (0.97–1.13) 1.04 (0.97–1.12) 1.04 (0.97–1.12)
Alcohol—yes/no 0.96 (0.47–1.89) 0.59 (0.34–1.04) 0.71 (0.41–1.24) 0.85 (0.49–1.48)
Smoking—yes/no 2.21 (0.95–5.17) 1.33 (0.62–2.82) 2.01 (0.95–4.27) 2.35 (1.06–5.21)*
Cigarettes per day (in smokers) 1.09 (0.98–1.22) 1.03 (0.94–1.14) 1.02 (0.93–1.13) 1.11 (1.00–1.24)
Cannabis use—yes/no 0.80 (0.36–1.91) 0.79 (0.34–1.85) 0.40 (1.15–1.04)
Previous hormone use—yes/no 1.55 (0.40–5.94) 2.94 (0.91–9.55) 2.64 (0.81–8.56) 2.50 (0.77–8.11)
History of anxiety or depression—yes/no 1.16 (0.47–2.83) 1.83 (0.89–3.76) 1.41 (0.69–2.91) 0.88 (0.41–1.85)
History of inguinal hernia repair or cryptorchidism—yes/no 0.85 (0.17–3.81) 0.58 (0.16–2.17) 0.52 (0.14–1.95) 1.07 (0.34–3.37)
*

P-value <0.05 using logistic regression analyses.