From: Characteristics of gut microbiota in patients with asthenozoospermia: a Chinese pilot study
AS group (n = 60) | NC group (n = 48) | p-value | |
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Age (years) a | 31.55 ± 4.25 | 30.75 ± 4.04 | 0.570 |
Weight (kg) a | 73.58 ± 6.70 | 74.50 ± 7.33 | 0.696 |
Height (m) a | 1.76 ± 0.04 | 1.76 ± 0.07 | 0.810 |
BMI (kg/m2) a | 23.76 ± 2.10 | 23.95 ± 2.24 | 0.794 |
Smoking habits (n, %) b | |||
≥ 5 cigarettes/day | 24 (40%) | 16 (33.3%) | 0.476 |
Alcohol consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 2 times/week | 28 (46.7%) | 26 (54.2%) | 0.439 |
Tea consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 3 times/week | 12 (20%) | 12 (25%) | 0.535 |
Coffee consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 3 times/week | 18 (30%) | 15 (31.3%) | 0.889 |
Egg consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 5 times/week | 54 (90%) | 45 (93.8%) | 0.728 |
Soy or dairy consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 5 times/week | 51 (85%) | 39 (81.3%) | 0.603 |
Meat consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 100 g/day | 15 (25%) | 18 (37.5%) | 0.161 |
Vegetable consumption (n, %) b | |||
≥ 5 times/week | 45 (75%) | 42 (87.5%) | 0.103 |
Physical exercise (n, %) b | |||
≥ 2 times/week | 35 (58.3%) | 25 (52.1%) | 0.516 |
Semen volume (mL) c | 3.04 (2.71–5.15) | 3.18 (2.25–4.86) | 0.718 |
Total sperm count (million) c | 210.65 (108.82–382.2) | 281.00 (189.36-394.39) | 0.200 |
Sperm concentration (million/mL) c | 57.87 (28.77–87.93) | 96.77 (48.72-137.81) | 0.109 |
Total sperm mobility (%) c | 30.70 (23.25–34.38) | 59.00 (43.44–63.73) | < 0.001 |
Sperm progressive mobility (%) c | 21.22 (14.58–26.01) | 54.81 (40.17–61.39) | < 0.001 |