Table 1 Study participant table
From: Male obesity impacts DNA methylation reprogramming in sperm
|  | Normal weight n = 47* | Overweight/obese n = 20* | p** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.0033 |
18–24 | 26 | 55.3 | 3 | 15.0 | |
25–29 | 12 | 25.5 | 6 | 30.0 | |
30–37 | 9 | 19.1 | 11 | 55.0 | |
Highest degree of education | 0.97 | ||||
High school | 6 | 12.8 | 1 | 5.0 | |
Some college or college degree | 28 | 59.6 | 13 | 65.0 | |
Graduate | 12 | 25.5 | 6 | 30.0 | |
Marital status | 0.0070 | ||||
Single | 31 | 65.9 | 6 | 30.0 | |
Married/living with partner | 16 | 34.0 | 14 | 70.0 | |
Biologically fathered children | 0.30 | ||||
No | 42 | 89.4 | 16 | 80.0 | |
Yes | 5 | 10.6 | 4 | 20.0 | |
Sperm concentration | 0.78 | ||||
< 15 × 106/ml | 3 | 6.4 | 1 | 5.0 | |
≥ 15 × 106/ml | 41 | 87.2 | 19 | 95.0 | |
Sperm motility | 0.39 | ||||
< 40% | 7 | 14.9 | 5 | 25.0 | |
≥ 40% | 37 | 78.7 | 15 | 75.0 | |
Patient at fertility clinic | 0.0007 | ||||
No | 40 | 85.1 | 9 | 45.0 | |
Yes | 7 | 14.9 | 11 | 55.0 | |