| ART | Assisted reproductive technologies |
| SDF | Sperm DNA fragmentation |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| SCSA | Sperm chromatin structure assay |
| SCD | Sperm chromatin dispersion |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl nick-end labeling |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| PPV | Positive predictive value |
| NPV | Negative predictive value |
| AMA | Advanced maternal age |
| NA | Non applicable |
| PI | Propidium iodide |
| PE | Phycoerythrin |
| FITC | Fluorescein Isothiocyanate |