Obesity is associated with quality of sperm parameters in men with infertility: a cross-sectional study

Darand, Mina; Salimi, Zahra; Ghorbani, Moloud; Sadeghi, Narges; Babaie, Syavash; Hosseinzadeh, Mahdieh

doi:10.1186/s12978-023-01664-2

Reproductive Health

Table 2 The association between quality of sperm parameters with energy intake, anthropometric parameters and body composition

From: Obesity is associated with quality of sperm parameters in men with infertility: a cross-sectional study

Variables	Sperm concentration		Sperm motility progressive		Sperm motility non-progressive		Normal sperm morphology		Sperm volume
Variables	β (95% CI)	P-value¹	β (95% CI)	P-value	β (95% CI)	P-value	β (95% CI)	P-value	β (95% CI)	P-value
Energy intake
Crude	0.001 (− 0.005 to 0.007)	0.787	0.002 (− 0.001 to 0.006)	0.169	0 (− 0.001 to 0.002)	0.6	0 (− 0.001 to 0)	0.417	0 (0 to 0.001)	0.414
Adjusted model *	0.002 (− 0.004 to 0.008)	0.595	0.002 (− 0.001 to 0.005)	0.269	0 (− 001 to 0.002)	0.529	0 (− 0.001 to 0)	0.444	0 (0 to 0.001)	0.394
BMI
Crude	0.197 (− 0.622 to 1.01)	0.636	0.491 (0.047 to 0.935)	0.030	− 0.156 (− 0.343 to 0.031)	0.101	− 0.038 (− 0.090 to 0.014)	0.149	− 0.001 (− 0.054 to 0.052)	0.982
Adjusted model ^†	0.171 (− 0.877 to 1.23)	0.741	0.480 (− 0.096 to 1.05)	0.102	− 0.185 (− 0.421 to 0.051)	0.123	− 0.074 (− 0.141 to − 0.008)	0.029	0.010 (− 0.058 to.077)	0.781
WC
Crude	0.076 (− 0.245 to 0.397)	0.641	0.132 (− 0.045 to 0.309)	0.143	− 0.048 (− 0.123 to 0.027)	0.209	− 0.015 (− 0.035 to 0.005)	0.133	0.005 (− 0.016 to 0.026)	0.645
Adjusted model^†	0.091 (− 0.310 to 0.492)	0.653	0.087 (− 0.136 to 0.309)	0.443	− 0.051 (− 0.143 to 0.040)	0.271	− 0.026 (− 0.051 to − 0.001)	0.038	0.013 (− 0.013 to 0.039)	0.329
Fat mass
Crude	0.359 (− 0.175 to 0.892)	0.186	0.181 (− 0.116 to 0.477)	0.231	− 0.057 (− 0.179 to 0.064)	0.352	− 0.001 (− 0.032 to 0.034)	0.966	− 0.027 (− 0.061 to 0.007)	0.118
Adjusted model^†	0.367 (− 0.271 to 1.00)	0.258	0.154 (− 0.203 to 0.511)	0.395	− 0.097 (− 0.238 to 0.045)	0.179	− 0.010 (− 0.050 to 0.029)	0.610	− 0.024 (− 0.064 to 0.016)	0.245
Muscle mass
Crude	− 0.667 (− 1.50 to 0.169)	0.117	− 0.059 (− 0.523 to 0.405)	0.802	0.076 (− 0.114 to 0.266)	0.431	0.005 (− 0.048 to 0.059)	0.852	0.015 (− 0.040 to 0.070)	0.595
Adjusted model^†	− 0.603 (− 1.59 to 0.387)	0.231	− 0.012 (− 0.566 to 0.541)	0.965	0.094 (− 0.128 to 0.316)	0.405	0.022 (− 0.042 to 0.086)	0.502	− 0.002 (− 0.067 to 0.063)	0.948
Visceral fat
Crude	− 0.667 (− 1.50 to 0.169)	0.117	− 0.059 (− 0.523 to 0.405)	0.802	− 0.076 (− 0.114 to 0.266)	0.431	0.005 (− 0.048 to 0.059)	0.852	0.015 (− 0.040 to 0.070)	0.595
Adjusted model^†	− 0.378 (− 0.763 to 1.52)	0.514	0.522 (− 0.104 to 1.14)	0.102	− 0.241 (− 0.495 to 0.014)	0.063	− 0.065 (− 0.138 to 0.008)	0.079	− 0.024 (− 0.098 to 0.050)	0.522

^*Adjusted for physical activity, age, and smoking
^†Adjusted for energy intake, physical activity, age, and smoking
¹Obtained from linear regression

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