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Table 4 Neonatal outcomes of live births according to sperm DFI

From: Effects of the sperm DNA fragmentation index on the clinical and neonatal outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles

 

<  15%

15–30%

> 30%

p-Value

Number of live births

301

469

214

–

Boys

139 (46.2)a

219 (46.7)

93 (43.5)

0.731

Girls

162 (53.8)

250 (53.3)

121 (56.5)

–

Gestational age (weeks)

38.0 ± 2.2

38.1 ± 2.4

38.0 ± 2.1

0.461

Singletons

39.0 ± 1.9

39.1 ± 1.6

39.0 ± 1.3

0.282

Twins

36.7 ± 1.9b

36.1 ± 2.4b,c

36.7 ± 2.2c

0.043

Prematurity (<  37 weeks)

78 (25.9)

143 (30.5)

60 (28.0)

0.395

Singletons

10 (7.7)

23 (10.1)

4 (4.9)

0.369

Twins

68 (39.8)d

120 (49.8)d

56 (42.4)

0.107

Birthweight (grams)

2842.2 ± 661.4

2876.4 ± 665.0

2820.9 ± 584.5

0.411

Singletons

3305.2 ± 562.5

3311.4 ± 534.3

3297.9 ± 468.6

0.826

Twins

2490.3 ± 493.4

2463.1 ± 490.6

2528.3 ± 438.0

0.613

LBW (<  2500 g)

73 (24.3)

115 (24.6)

62 (29.1)

0.386

Singletons

9 (6.9)

10 (4.4)

4 (4.9)e

0.575

Twins

64 (37.4)

105 (43.8)e

58 (43.9)

0.380

  1. avalue in parenthesis are expressed in percentage
  2. b,c,dP < 0.05
  3. ean infant with unknown birthweight