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. 2021 Aug 16;12:638628. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.638628

TABLE 4.

League table.

Intervention effect on sperm concentration (106/ml)
Supplement 5.99 (2.83, 9.15)
2.12 (−1.63,5.87) Hormone 4.14 (2.30, 5.99)
1.30 (−3.16, 5.76) −0.82 (−4.90, 3.25) SERM 6.00 (5.27, 6.72)
6.12 (−15.10, 27.33) 3.99 (−17.14, 25.13) 4.82 (−16.45, 26.09) Vitamin 0.14 (−20.41, 20.69)
6.26 (3.32, 9.21) 4.14 (1.83, 6.46) 4.97 (1.61, 8.32) 0.15 (−20.86, 21.15) Placebo
Intervention effect on sperm motility (%)
Supplement 6.51 (3.15, 9.86)
2.99 (−1.73, 7.71) Hormone 3.55 (1.14, 5.96)
−0.23 (−5.83, 5.38) −3.22 (−8.50, 2.07) SERM 6.62 (3.69, 9.54)
7.67 (−3.56, 18.90) 4.68 (−6.39, 15.75) 7.9 (−3.58, 13.37) Vitamin −1.36 (−10.28, 7.54)
6.46 (2.57, 10.06) 3.47 (0.40, 6.54) 6.69 (2.38, 10.99) −1.24 (−11.84, 9.43) Placebo
Intervention effect on sperm morphology (%)
Supplement 1.93 (0.43, 3.43)
−1.49 (−4.82, 1.83) Hormone 3.68 (0.97, 6.39)
0.01 (−3.77, 3.79) 1.50 (−2.31, 5.31) SERM 0.88 (0.07, 1.69)
1.71 (−3.03, 6.44) 3.20 (−1.23, 7.63) 1.70 (−3.39, 6.78) Vitamin −0.11 (−2.47, 2.24)
2.22 (0.12, 4.55) 3.71 (1.34, 6.07) 2.21 (−0.78, 5.20) 0.51 (−3.60, 4.62) Placebo
Intervention effect on total serum testosterone (ng/ml)
Supplement 2.74 (1.81, 3.68)
2.30 (0.67, 3.94) Hormone 0.04 (−0.86, 0.94)
0.88 (−0.65, 2.40) −1.43 (−2.44, −0.41) SERM 1.50 (1.20, 1.79)
3.40 (−2.76, 9.57) 1.10 (−4.98, 7.18) 2.53 (−3.52, 8.58) Vitamin −0.70 (−6.66, 5.26)
2.70 (1.34, 4.07) 0.40 (−0.49, 1.29) 1.83 (1.16, 2.50) −0.70 (−6.71, 5.31) Placebo
Intervention effect on serum FSH (mIU/ml)
Supplement −4.44 (−8.36, −0.52)
−5.74 (−9.14, −2.34) Hormone 1.24 (−0.29, 2.77)
−8.09 (−11.54, −4.64) −2.34 (−5.32, 0.63) SERM 3.66 (1.27, 6.05)
−4.49 (−8.32, −0.65) 1.25 (−2.17, 4.68) 3.60 (0.13, 7.07) Vitamin 0.04 (−0.74, 0.82)
−4.45 (−7.15, −1.76) 1.29 (−0.79, 3.36) 3.63 (1.48, 5.79) 0.03 (−2.69, 2.76) Placebo