Table 5 Associations of Formaldehyde exposure index (FEI) with semen kinematic parameters before and after adjusting for confounding factors.

From: Associations between occupation exposure to Formaldehyde and semen quality, a primary study

 

VCL(μm/s)

VSL(μm/s)

LIN(VCL/VSL)

VAP(μm/s)

STR(VSL/VAP)

MAD(°)

ALH(μm)

Crude β coefficients

−0.07

−0.05

0.001

−0.05

0.002

−0.01

−0.003

95% CI

(−0.15,0.03)

(−0.12,0.02)

(−0.04,0.04)

(−0.12,0.02)

(−0.02,0.02)

(−0.05,0.03)

(−0.008,0.002)

P-Value

0.27

0.31

0.95

0.39

0.98

0.55

0.22

Adjusted β coefficients

−0.08

−0.05

0.002

−0.05

0.004

−0.01

−0.004

95% CI

(−0.18,0.04)

(−0.11,0.01)

(−0.04,0.04)

(−0.13,0.02)

(−0.02,0.03)

(−0.05,0.02)

(−0.010,0.001)

P-Value

0.15

0.36

0.92

0.31

0.67

0.51

0.20

  1. Regression coefficients were adjusted for age, cigarette intake, alcohol consumption, body mass index, income, education and abstinence duration.