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Table 2 Association between semen parameters, serum reproductive hormones, lipids and leptin and obesity associated markers based on the dichotomized analyses for BMI, WC, WHR and WHtR

From: Association between obesity-associated markers and semen quality parameters and serum reproductive hormones in Chinese infertile men

Variables Status Number WHO BMI Chinese BMI Waist (cm) WHR WHtR
Χ2 P value Χ2 P value Χ2 P value Χ2 P value Χ2 P value
Semen volume (mL) <  1.5 15 1.916 0.590 1.507 0.681 1.641 0.200 0.190 0.663 1.623 0.203
  ≥ 1.5 166           
Ratio of PR sperm (%) <  32 74 10.423 0.015 11.879 0.008 1.726 0.189 0.621 0.431 0.433 0.511
  ≥ 32 107           
Ratio of PR + NP sperm (%) <  40 46 3.215 0.360 2.134 0.545 2.686 0.101 3.033 0.082 0.858 0.354
  ≥ 40 145           
Sperm concentration (106/ml) <  15 19 4.590 0.204 6.371 0.095 2.843 0.092 4.841 0.028 2.011 0.156
  ≥ 15 164           
Ratio of morphologically normal sperm (%) <  4 109 0.386 0.943 0.662 0.882 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 1.088 0.297
  ≥ 4 72           
E2 <  20 16 1.933 0.926 1.623 0.951 0.730 0.694 0.013 0.908 0.824 0.364
  ≥ 20 & ≤ 40 100           
  >  40 65           
TT <  1.75 1 1.405 0.966 1.863 0.932 0.939 0.625 1.441 0.487 1.606 0.448
  ≥ 1.75 & ≤ 3.5 87           
  >  3.5 93           
PRL <  13.13 157 0.814 0.846 1.731 0.630 1.847 0.174 1.310 0.252 0.643 0.423
  ≥ 13.13 24           
Serum leptin (μg/L) <  12 50 0.098 0.992 0.298 0.960 0.007 0.932 0.712 0.399 0.158 0.691
  ≥ 12 & ≤ 15 131           
  >  15            
Seminal leptin (μg/L) <  12 47 0.192 0.979 0.521 0.914 0.387 0.534 0.069 0.793 0.000 1.000
  ≥ 12 & ≤ 15 134           
  >  15            
TC (mmol/L) <  5.18 111 14.493 0.025 18.916 0.004 5.217 0.074 13.485 0.001 1.560 0.458
  ≥ 5.18 & ≤ 6.19 40           
  >  6.2 18           
LDL-C (mmol/L) < 3.37 132 3.079 0.799 8.068 0.233 0.170 0.919 1.365 0.505 0.680 0.712
  ≥3.37 & ≤ 4.12 22           
  > 4.14 16           
HDL-C (mmol/L) < 1.04 64 3.273 0.774 5.822 0.444 2.671 0.263 4.756 0.093 0.661 0.718
  ≥1.04 & < 1.55 94           
  ≥1.55 12           
TG (mmol/L) < 1.70 69 0.866 0.834 4.518 0.211 0.092 0.761 0.021 0.884 0.000 1.000
  ≥1.70 101           
  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.005; **** p < 0.0001; WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist-to-height ratio