Table 1.
Study participant table
| Normal weight n = 47* |
Overweight/obese n = 20* |
p** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Age | 0.0033 | ||||
| 18–24 | 26 | 55.3 | 3 | 15.0 | |
| 25–29 | 12 | 25.5 | 6 | 30.0 | |
| 30–37 | 9 | 19.1 | 11 | 55.0 | |
| Highest degree of education | 0.97 | ||||
| High school | 6 | 12.8 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| Some college or college degree | 28 | 59.6 | 13 | 65.0 | |
| Graduate | 12 | 25.5 | 6 | 30.0 | |
| Marital status | 0.0070 | ||||
| Single | 31 | 65.9 | 6 | 30.0 | |
| Married/living with partner | 16 | 34.0 | 14 | 70.0 | |
| Biologically fathered children | 0.30 | ||||
| No | 42 | 89.4 | 16 | 80.0 | |
| Yes | 5 | 10.6 | 4 | 20.0 | |
| Sperm concentration | 0.78 | ||||
| < 15 × 106/ml | 3 | 6.4 | 1 | 5.0 | |
| ≥ 15 × 106/ml | 41 | 87.2 | 19 | 95.0 | |
| Sperm motility | 0.39 | ||||
| < 40% | 7 | 14.9 | 5 | 25.0 | |
| ≥ 40% | 37 | 78.7 | 15 | 75.0 | |
| Patient at fertility clinic | 0.0007 | ||||
| No | 40 | 85.1 | 9 | 45.0 | |
| Yes | 7 | 14.9 | 11 | 55.0 | |
Bolded values were deemed significant with p < 0.05
*Sums less than the total reported n indicate missing data; percentage was calculated on known data
**p-values calculated using Chi-squared tests