Table 3 The relationship between DFI groups and semen analysis
Factors | DFI | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low (≤ 15%) | Medium (15–30%) | High (≥ 30%) | Low versus Medium | Low versus High | |
Semen analysis | |||||
Male age (years) | 41.2 ± 5.2 | 43.6 ± 4.5 | 48.1 ± 4.5 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
Semen volume (mL) | 2.8 ± 1.3 | 3.0 ± 1.3 | 2.7 ± 1.2 | < 0.0001 | 0.8571 |
Concentration (106/mL) | 67.5 ± 56.1 | 87.2 ± 100.4 | 87.4 ± 47.7 | 0.9828 | < 0.0001 |
Total sperm count | 186.4 ± 182.4 | 209.1 ± 203.6 | 265.1 ± 205.5 | 0.8394 | < 0.0001 |
Motility (%) | 63.5 ± 13.9 | 47.3 ± 18.3 | 30.0 ± 15.4 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
Normal morphology (%) | 2.8 ± 1.8 | 2.5 ± 1.3 | 2.2 ± 2.1 | 0.0093 | < 0.0001 |
ICSI outcome | |||||
Female age (years) | 40.8 ± 3.8 | 40.9 ± 3.6 | 42.5 ± 3.4 | 0.6581 | < 0.0001 |
Normal fertilization (%) | 82.0 (1053/1284) | 80.7 (505/626) | 85.9 (152/177) | 0.4789 | 0.2046 |
Good quality blastocyst (%) | 26.0 (334/1284) | 27.6 (173/626) | 17.0 (30/177) | 0.4508 | 0.0090 |
Pregnancy rate (%) | 39.4 (52/132) | 43.1 (28/65) | 36.7 (4/11) | 0.6207 | 1.0000* |
Live birth rate (%) | 19.7 (26/132) | 24.6 (16/65) | 36.7 (4/11) | 0.4281 | 0.4249* |