Table 7. Patterns of oxidative stress testing and prescription of AOX according to the participants' age, geographic origin, experience (in years) and training in male infertility.
| Seminal oxidative stress testing as a part of male infertility evaluation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing for oxidative stress | Age of practitioner (y) | |||||||
| 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | ≥65 | Total responses | p-value* | ||
| Do not test OS markers | 130 (15.2) | 316 (37.1) | 196 (23.0) | 133 (15.6) | 78 (9.1) | 853 (100) | NS | |
| Do test OS markers | 67 (15.0) | 139 (31.0) | 112 (25.1) | 78 (17.5) | 51 (11.4) | 447 (100) | ||
Values are presented as number (%).
AOX: antioxidant, OS: oxidative stress, NS: not significant.
*p-value obtained by chi-square test.