Reactive oxygen species and sperm DNA damage in infertile men presenting with low level leukocytospermia

Table 1 Baseline clinical data in three groups of patients categorized by their seminal leukocyte levels

		Group 1 none	Group 2 0.1–1 × 10⁶WBC/mL	Group 3 >1 × 10⁶WBC/mL	P
Patients		153	36	22
Age/years		36.95 ± 6.72	38.92 ± 8.13	39.05 ± 7.41	0.34
BMI kg/m²		29.49 ± 5.17	28.33 ± 4.71	28.55 ± 4.65	0.21
Volume of Seminal Ejaculate (mL)		3.08 ± 1.32	2.91 ± 1.69	2.87 ± 1.26	0.33
Abstinence (days)		4.03 ± 1.92	4.71 ± 3.64	3.41 ± 1.18	0.25
Infertility Duration (y)		2.22 ± 1.76	3.03 ± 2.65	2.50 ± 2.39	0.37
Infertility Status	Primary	130	24	15	0.012
Infertility Status	Secondary	22	12	7	0.012
Smoking Status	Yes	37	7	1	0.09
Smoking Status	No	113	27	21	0.09
Marijuana Status	Yes	6	4	1	0.21
Marijuana Status	No	147	32	21	0.21
Alcohol Status	Yes	93	18	14	0.5
Alcohol Status	No	53	16	8	0.5

Group 1 = no leukocytospermia; Group 2 = low level leukocytospermia, Group 3 = frank leukocytospermia, all numbers are reported as mean ± SD.

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