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Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) with demographic characteristics, sexual history, social habits, chronic illness, BMI: A cross-sectional study

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Author Details : Sunil C V , Apoorva Jain, Sunil K S*

Volume : 11, Issue : 1, Year : 2024

Article Page : 33-38

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijogr.2024.007

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Abstract

Background: During an evaluation of infertile men when all standard semen parameters are normal, a significant proportion of infertile men are found to have increased levels of DNA damage that may adversely affect fertility.
Objective: To evaluate the correlation between sperm DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) with demographic characteristics, sexual history, social habits, chronic illness, BMI, physical characteristics, and abstinence period.
Materials and Methods: The current study was carried out among male patients visiting an infertility clinic at SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad.
Result: The present has shown no statistically significant association between DFI and socio-demographic characteristics like age, married life, contraceptive usage, sexual factors, personal habits, chronic illness, BMI, and physical characteristics of semen analysis like liquefaction and viscosity of the study participants.
Conclusions: DFI categories and semen traits including normal forms, head defects, tail defects, amorphous forms, droplet forms, and viable sperms had different means, however, these differences (p=0.4378) were not statistically significant.
 

Keywords: Sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI), Demographic characteristics, Sexual history, Social habits, Chronic illness, BMI.

How to cite : Sunil C V, Jain A, Sunil K S, Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) with demographic characteristics, sexual history, social habits, chronic illness, BMI: A cross-sectional study. Indian J Obstet Gynecol Res 2024;11(1):33-38

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