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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical and laboratory characteristics of the participants

From: Evaluation of seminal plasma levels of vaspin and visfatin in infertile males with elevated sperm DNA fragmentation index: a comparative study

Variable

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Age (years)

40.24

 ± 7.91

23

63

Infertility duration (years)

7.42

 ± 5.73

1

29

Height (cm)

174.39

 ± 7.50

160

190

Weight (Kg)

84.77

 ± 14.25

55

105

BMI (kg/m2)

27.90

 ± 4.49

17.6

31

Semen volume (ml)

3.46

 ± 1.67

0.4

12

Semen PH

7.52

 ± 0.062

7.5

7.8

Sperm concentration (106/ ml)

53.50

 ± 43.85

5.5

190

TMC count (106) / ml

24.01

 ± 13.79

1

107

TMC count (106)/ ejaculate

82.73

 ± 64.74

2

643

Motility (%)

38.86

 ± 17.65

5

65

Progressive motility (%)

8.76

 ± 4.64

1

25

Vitality (%)

55.57

 ± 16.25

20

78

Abnormal forms (%)

94.33

 ± 3.78

82

100

Leukocyte count (106 / ml)

0.2

 ± 0.06

0

40

SDFI (%)

18.41

 ± 15.38

2

80

Seminal plasma vaspin (ng/ml)

0.72

 ± 0.38

0.15

1.78

Seminal plasma visfatin (ng/ml)

20.50

 ± 7.51

10

57

 

number

percentage

Occupation

Risky

15

16.7%

Non-risky

75

83.3%

Special habits

Smoker

12

13.3%

Non-smoker

78

86.7%

Varicocele

No

42

46.7%

Left

14

15.5%

Bilateral

34

37.8%

DNA integrity

Normal (SDFI ≤ 15%)

33

36.7%

Medium (15% < SDFI < 30%)

29

32.2%

Abnormal (SDFI ≥ 30%)

28

31.1%

  1. N.B. ± SD (standard deviation) or frequency (%)
  2. BMI Body mass index, SDFI Sperm DNA fragmentation index, TMC Total motile count