From: The association between ambient temperature and sperm quality in Wuhan, China
Lag (days) | Sperm concentration (mln/ml) | Percentage of normal sperm morphology (%) | Progressive motility (%) | |||
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β (95% CI) value | P value | β (95% CI) value | P value | β (95% CI) value | P value | |
0–9 | ||||||
  ≤ Threshold | − 0.365(− 0.967,0.238) | 0.236 | 0.750(0.432,1.067) | < 0.001 | −0.113(− 0.420,0.195) | 0.472 |
  > Threshold | −2.038(−2.783,-1.292) | < 0.001 | −0.507(−1.132,0.118) | 0.112 | ||
10–14 | ||||||
  ≤ Threshold | 1.204(−0.291,2.699) | 0.114 | 0.695(0.413,0.977) | < 0.001 | 0.299(−0.109,0.706) | 0.151 |
  > Threshold | −0.018(− 0.893,0.829) | 0.965 | − 1.814(− 2.411,-1.217) | < 0.001 | − 0.176(− 0.483,0.130) | 0.259 |
15–69 | ||||||
  ≤ Threshold | 0.415(− 0.358,1.187) | 0.293 | 1.896(1.409,2.383) | < 0.001 | 0.407(0.046,0.767) | 0.027 |
  > Threshold | −0.589(−2.694,1.517) | 0.584 | −1.458(− 1.777,-1.138) | < 0.001 | − 0.268(− 0.582,0.046) | 0.094 |
70–90 | ||||||
  ≤ Threshold | 0.480(− 0.375,1.335) | 0.271 | 1.891(1.252,2.530) | < 0.001 | 0.532(0.236,0.828) | < 0.001 |
  > Threshold | −5.953(−10.126,-1.781) | 0.005 | −0.934(− 1.251,-0.617) | < 0.001 | −2.019(−3.232,-0.807) | 0.001 |
0–90 | ||||||
  ≤ Threshold | −0.076(−1.002,0.850) | 0.872 | 2.726(2.070,3.381) | < 0.001 | 0.193(−0.131,0.517) | 0.242 |
  > Threshold | −1.445(−3.676,0.785) | 0.204 | −1.604(− 1.951,-1.258) | < 0.001 | − 0.323(− 0.676,0.030) | 0.073 |