Table 1 Patient characteristics and descriptive statistics of the whole cohort segregated according to HPV status.

From: Association between Human Papillomavirus and Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections in male partners of infertile couples

 

Overall

HPV-

HPV + 

p value

Number of individuals. n (%)

117 (100)

85 (72.6)

32 (27.4)

 

Age (years)

   

0.717

Mean

37.4

37.4

37.3

 

Range

25–63

25–54

27–63

 

Female partner´s age (years)

   

0.610

Mean

34.4

34.5

34.3

 

Range

22–46

22–46

29–43

 

Type of infertility. n (%)

   

0.638

Primary

95 (81.2)

68 (80)

27 (84.3)

 

Secondary

22 (18.8)

17 (20)

5 (15.6)

 

Time being unable to get a clinical pregnancy (years)

   

0.124

Mean

2.3

2.2

2.8

 

Range

1–10

1–10

1–10

 

Smoking status. n (%)

   

0.965

No smokers

85 (72.6)

62 (72.9)

23 (71.9)

 

Active smokers

32 (27.4)

23 (27.1)

9 (28.1)

 
  1. HPV Human Papillomavirus. Comparisons were performed between HPV positive and HPV negative groups, p-values calculated using the Mann–Whitney test in the case of age, female partner´s age and time being unable to get a clinical pregnancy, and Chi-square test in the case of type of infertility and smoking status. Differences were considered statistically significant when p < 0.05.
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