Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics and sperm parameters and seminal plasma visfatin and vaspin levels in relation to DNA integrity

Age (years)

39.58 ± 6.18

39.24 ± 7.20

43.24 ± 11.22

0.211

Infertility duration (years)

7.55 ± 5.88

7.07 ± 5.32

7.76 ± 6.38

0.913

Occupation

Risky

4(12.1%)

5(17.2%)

6(21.4%)

0.080

non risky

29(87.9%)

24(82.8%)

22(78.6%)

Special habits

Smoker

3(9.1%)

4(13.8%)

5(17.9%)

0.107

Non-smoker

30 (90.9%)

25(86.2%)

23(82.1%)

Height (cm)

175.09 ± 7.12

173.69 ± 7.85

174.24 ± 7.95

0.765

Weight (Kg)

87.24 ± 15.94

82.83 ± 13.53

83.29 ± 11.80

0.430

BMI (Kg/m²)

28.39 ± 4.50

27.54 ± 4.64

27.58 ± 4.39

0.720

Varicocele

No

15(45.4%)

14(48.3%)

13(46.4%)

0.568

Left

6(18.2%)

4(13.8%)

4(14.3%)

Bilateral

12(36.4%)

11(37.9%)

11(39.3%)

Sperm concentration (10⁶/ ml)

62.65 ± 45.19

54.78 ± 46.75

33.56 ± 29.44

0.042^a

TMC count (10⁶) / ml

30.93 ± 19.35

25.49 ± 11.13

10.42 ± 7.06

 < 0.001^b

TMC count (10⁶)/ ejaculate

146.63 ± 116.47

65.99 ± 42.92

29.37 ± 19.35

 < 0.001^b

Motility (%)

44.24 ± 15.65

43.21 ± 13.59

21.00 ± 16.50

 < 0.001^b

Progressive motility (%)

9.27 ± 6.56

5.48 ± 4.42

4.86 ± 3.29

0.023^a

Vitality (%)

61.56 ± 12.62

58.17 ± 20.07

50.93 ± 16.21

0.282

Abnormal forms (%)

91.97 ± 4.39

95.10 ± 2.86

95.65 ± 3.18

0.021^a

Leukocyte count (10⁶ / ml)

0.28 ± 0.04

0.26 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.03

0.548

Seminal plasma vaspin (ng/ml)

0.87 ± 0.39

0.68 ± 0.39

0.51 ± 0.23

0.005^a

Seminal plasma visfatin (ng/ml)

22.45 ± 5.59

19.19 ± 10.05

18.96 ± 4.75

0.004^c