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Table 2 Proportion of men with metabolic syndrome and smokers between the groups of subfertile and fertile men

From: Metabolic syndrome and smoking are independent risk factors of male idiopathic infertility

 

Subertile (n = 96)

Fertile (n = 99)

p

Metabolic syndrome (%, CI)

17.9 [10.0, 25.7]

6.1 [1.3, 10.8]

0.0115

Smokers (%, CI)

28.7 [19.4,38.0]

14.1 [7.2, 21.1]

0.014

  1. CI (confidence interval)