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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of male patients based on Vitamin D levels in Infertile couples

From: Vitamin D levels and human sperm DNA fragmentation: a prospective, cohort study

  

Total (n = 102)

Deficient Vitamin D (≤ 20 ng/mL)

(N = 24)

Insufficient Vitamin D (21–29 ng/mL)

(N = 43)

Sufficient

Vitamin D (≥ 30 ng/mL)

(N = 35)

Mean Age(range)

 

31.5 (23–50)

32.3 (26–47)

31.4 (23–45)

31.1 (23–50)

BMI kg/m2 (range)

 

30.5 (18.3–52.4)

33.9 (22.8–52.4)*

31.2 (20.8–51.2)*

27.3 (18.3–38.2)

Race(number(%))

Caucasian

92 (90.2)

19 (18.6)

42 (41.2)

31 (30.4)

African American

2 (1.9)

1 (.98)

1 (.98)

0 (0)

American Indian

5 (4.9)

2 (1.9)

0 (0)

3 (2.9)

Other

3 (2.9)

2 (1.9)

0 (0)

1 (.98)

Tobacco Usea,**

(number(%))

 

22 (21.6)

7 (6.9)

10 (9.8)

5 (4.9)

Alcohol Use**

(number(%))

 

88 (86.3)

19 (18.6)

39 (38.2)

30 (29.4)

Occupationb

(number(%))

Outside

32 (31.4)

3 (2.9)

15 (14.7)

14 (13.7)

Inside

70 (68.6)

21 (20.6)

28 (27.5)

21 (20.6)

  1. ausing smokeless or smoking tobacco
  2. bjob primarily inside or outside
  3. *p = 0.0012. Deficient and Insufficient Vitamin D were significantly different when compared to Sufficient levels
  4. **Not significant