Table 5 Semen Analysis Results of Infertility Cohort. Shows the Semen Analysis results of our cohort of 209 human male infertility subjects compared to multiple lifestyle variables. Logistics regression models were run for categorical input variables and linear regression models were run for continuous input variables
From: Effects of alcohol use on sperm chromatin structure, a retrospective analysis
Outcome: Sperm Count (million sperm/mL) | |||||
Variable | Value | Estimate | Standard error | t-value | p-value |
Age | age in years | 2.58 | 0.82 | 3.15 | *0.0019 |
Exposure to heat (yes/no) | yes | 9.87 | 11.54 | 0.85 | 0.3936 |
Outside/inside job | inside | 36.03 | 44.87 | 0.80 | 0.4229 |
Outside/inside job | outside | 38.91 | 45.75 | 0.85 | 0.3961 |
Exposure to radiation/chemicals (yes/no) | yes | 14.76 | 11.92 | 1.24 | 0.2170 |
Tobacco use (yes/no) | yes | -34.99 | 10.85 | -3.23 | *0.0015 |
Level of alcohol use | heavy | -29.50 | 15.36 | -1.92 | *0.042 |
Level of alcohol use | moderate | 0.93 | 11.73 | 0.08 | 0.9370 |
Level of alcohol use | rare | 14.51 | 11.46 | 1.27 | 0.2071 |
Outcome: Volume (mL) | |||||
Variable | Value | Estimate | Standard error | t-value | p-value |
Age | age in years | -0.04 | 0.02 | -2.34 | *0.0203 |
Exposure to heat (yes/no) | yes | -0.52 | 0.25 | -2.05 | *0.0418 |
Outside/inside job | inside | 1.53 | 0.99 | 1.56 | 0.1212 |
Outside/inside job | outside | 1.89 | 1.01 | 1.88 | 0.0610 |
Exposure to radiation/chemicals (yes/no) | yes | 0.28 | 0.26 | 1.06 | 0.2922 |
Tobacco use (yes/no) | yes | -0.07 | 0.24 | -0.30 | 0.7645 |
Level of alcohol use | heavy | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.80 | 0.4240 |
Level of alcohol use | moderate | 0.42 | 0.26 | 1.64 | 0.1032 |
Level of alcohol use | rare | 0.49 | 0.25 | 1.95 | 0.0529 |
Outcome: Motility (%) | |||||
Variable | Value | Estimate | Standard error | t-value | p-value |
Age | age in years | -0.15 | 0.17 | -0.89 | 0.3724 |
Exposure to heat (yes/no) | yes | 0.38 | 2.40 | 0.16 | 0.8745 |
Outside/inside job | inside | 16.28 | 9.33 | 1.74 | 0.0827 |
Outside/inside job | outside | 20.74 | 9.52 | 2.18 | *0.0305 |
Exposure to radiation/chemicals (yes/no) | yes | 1.76 | 2.48 | 0.71 | 0.4797 |
Tobacco use (yes/no) | yes | -9.47 | 2.26 | -4.19 | * < 0.0001 |
Level of alcohol use | heavy | 1.94 | 3.19 | 0.61 | 0.5451 |
Level of alcohol use | moderate | -0.47 | 2.44 | -0.19 | 0.8476 |
Level of alcohol use | rare | 2.06 | 2.38 | 0.86 | 0.3893 |