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. 2011 Jul 21;28(10):885–891. doi: 10.1007/s10815-011-9611-z

Table 2.

Association of fertilization, pregnancy, abortion rates and embryo quality with sperm ploidy status

Group B1 Group B2 p value
Number of patients 76 74
Age (years) 34.1 ± 7.2 34.8 ± 6.9 nsa
Sperm concentration (×106 spermatozoa/ml) 69.3 ± 34.9 74.8 ± 33.1 nsa
Sperm motility (%) 51 ± 9.1 52.7 ± 8.9 nsa
Normal sperm morphology (%) 30.6 ± 5.3 25.2 ± 4.2 nsa
Number of oocytes 12.7 ± 5.3 13.8 ± 6.2 nsa
Fertilization rate (%) 77.2 ± 20.9 58.7 ± 18.8 0.007a
Grade A embryos (%) 33.1 ± 11.3 18.3 ± 6.8 0.004a
Grade B embryos (%) 28.9 ± 9.1 21.1 ± 9.8 nsa
Grade C embryos (%) 19.8 ± 9.5 38.4 ± 12 0.002a
Grade D embryos (%) 10 ± 5.7 18.5 ± 6.9 nsa
Pregnancy rate (%) 42.1 20.2 0.003b
Abortion rate (%) 24 28.6 nsb

Group B1: total sperm aneuploidy rate <16.7%, Group B2: total sperm aneuploidy rate ≥16.7%.

at-test analysis

bChi square test analysis