Retrospective Study of Factors Affecting Intrauterine Insemination Pregnancy Outcome: The Impact of Male Habits and Working Environment

This study is aimed at determining the prognostic factors influencing successful pregnancy following intrauterine insemination (IUI). Retrospective analysis. A total of 2123 cycles undergone by 871 couples during the period of 5 years (2011-2015) were retrospectively studied. Each of the factors was compared with pregnancy outcome (PO) using statistical analysis with a confidence interval of 95% in SPSS software version 19. Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis method were used to determine the significance of each factor with the PO. Among the various factors included in our study population, male habits ( = 0.004), male occupational environment ( = 0.025), male age ( = 0.002), and female age ( = 0.001) were found to significantly influence the PO following IUI. Our results indicate that avoiding smoking and alcohol consuming prior and during the IUI treatment along with working in low-heat-generating environment might lead to better success following the treatment.