| Table 1. General characteristics of the male study population. | |
| Characteristics | Total |
|---|---|
| Patients (n) | 2178 |
| Age (years) (mean±SD) | 37.9±6.4 (min, 22; max, 76) |
| Father of at least one child (%) | 32.8 (715/2178) |
| Duration of infertility (years) (mean±SD) | 4.1±2.2 |
| BMI (mean±SD) | 28.5±4.2 |
| Smoking (%) | 11.2 (243/2178) |
| Regular drinking (%) | 67.2 (1463/2178) |
| Vitamin supplement use (%) | 16.7 (364/2178) |
| Varicocele (%) | 16.0 (349/2178) |
| Sperm cytogram Sexual abstinence (days) (mean±SD) -pH (mean±SD) -Volume (mL) (mean±SD) -Concentration (×106/ml) -Motility (%) (mean±SD) Total Progressive (rapid+slow) -Morphology (MSOME): normal sperm forms (%) (mean±SD) -Leucocytes /×106/mL (mean±SD) -Vitality (%) (mean±SD) |
3.5±1.5 8.0±0.5 2.7±1.4 74.6±61.6 63.7±15.7 56.9±16.2 0.9±1.5 0.4±1.0 65.0±14.5 |