Table 1 The clinical characteristics of the study participants
From: Does seminal fluid bacterial isolate(s) affect in vitro fertilization — embryo transfer outcome?
Variables | Culture | Test of significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||
Mean age in years ± SD (male partner) | 43.52 ± 7.561 | 42.33 ± 5.691 | t = −0.978; p = 0.330 |
Mean age in years ± SD (female partner) | 36.02 ± 4.171 | 37.07 ± 3.539 | t = 1.472; p = 0.144 |
The mean number of previous IVF per patient ± SD | 0.5 ± 0.837 | 0.56 ± 0.874 | t = 0.373; p = 0.710 |
The mean number of embryos transferred per patient ± SD | 3.24 ± 0.794 | 2.84 ± 1.231 | t = 1.962; p = 0.052 |
Type of infertility | Χ2 = 10.099; p = 0.001* | ||
Primary | 42 (60%) | 28 (40%) | |
Secondary | 50 (29.1%) | 122 (70.9%) | |
Causes of infertility | Χ2 = 16.297; p = 0.06 | ||
Combined | 8 (15.4%) | 44 (84.6%) | |
Male factor | 32 (57.1%) | 24 (42.9%) | |
Ovarian factor | 4 (20%) | 16 (80%) | |
Tubal factor | 24 (57.1%) | 18 (42.9%) | |
Uterine factor | 10 (25%) | 30 (75%) | |
Unexplained | 14 (43.8%) | 18 (56.3%) | |