Table 1.
Characteristics of males at the time of semen analysis
| Spermiogram | p-value | Total (N = 102) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (N = 61) |
Pathological (N = 41) |
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| Age (years) | 38.0 ± 5.4 | 38.0 ± 6.2 | 0.994 | 38.0 ± 5.7 |
| Abstinence (days)* | 3 (1.25; 4) | 2 (1.5; 4) | 0.569 | 3 (1.5; 4) |
| Abstinence, n (%) | 0.890 | |||
| Few | 15 (25) | 10 (24) | 25 (25) | |
| Adequate | 42 (70) | 28 (68) | 70 (69) | |
| High | 3 (5) | 3 (7) | 6 (6) | |
| Weight (kg) | 80.1 ± 11.0 | 83.1 ± 16.8 | 0.284 | 81.3 ± 13.6 |
| Height (m) | 1.77 ± 0.07 | 1.76 ± 0.08 | 0.638 | 1.76 ± 0.08 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.8 ± 3.5 | 27.3 ± 5.2 | 0.094 | 26.4 ± 4.3 |
| BMI, n (%) | 0.025 | |||
| Low/normal | 23 (38) | 13 (32) | 36 (36) | |
| Overweight | 35 (58) | 19 (48) | 54 (54) | |
| Obese | 2 (3) | 8 (20) | 10 (10) | |
| Smoker, n (%) | 25 (41) | 9 (22) | 0.074 | 34 (33) |
| Drinking, n (%) | 40 (66) | 27 (66) | 0.977 | 67 (66) |
| Drug abuse, n (%) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0.775 | 2 (2) |
| Metal exposure, n (%) | 0.376 | |||
| No | 24 (40) | 22 (54) | 46 (45) | |
| Intermediate | 17 (28) | 8 (20) | 25 (25) | |
| High | 19 (32) | 11 (27) | 30 (30) | |
| Infertility, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
| Unknown | 28 (46) | 5 (12) | 33 (33) | |
| Female | 23 (38) | 2 (5) | 25 (24) | |
| Male | 2 (3) | 23 (56) | 25 (24) | |
| Mix | 7 (11) | 11 (27) | 18 (18) | |
| Preservation | 1 (2) | - | 1 (1) | |
| Residence, n (%) | 0.102 | |||
| Metropolitan | 30 (49) | 12 (29) | 42 (41) | |
| Outskirts | 22 (36) | 18 (44) | 40 (39) | |
| Minor islands | 9 (15) | 11 (27) | 20 (20) | |
Data show mean ± standard deviation or frequency (percentage) except * median (P25; P75)
BMI body mass index