Research Article
Influence of Lifestyle and Environmental Factors on Semen Quality in Ghanaian Men
Table 4
Effect of exposure to environmental factors on semen parameters in Ghanaian men.
| Environmental factors | Semen parameters | | Volume | pH | Active motility (%) | Sluggish motility (%) | Immotile (%) | Viability (%) | Count (×106/ml) |
| STD exposure | Yes | | | | | | | | No | | | | | | | | value | 0.632 | 0.662 | 0.328 | 0.215 | 0.379 | 0.933 | 0.565 | X-ray exposure | Yes | | | | | | | | No | | | | | | | | value | 0.158 | 0.724 | 0.124 | 0.076 | 0.000 | 0.039 | 0.084 | Site of mobile phone storage | Side pocket | | | | | | | | Other places | | | | | | | | value | 0.884 | 0.741 | 0.002 | 0.269 | 0.486 | 0.009 | 0.109 |
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Statistically significant value < 0.05. |