Table 4.
Frequency of chromosomal and histological abnormalities in azoospermic and oligozoospermic men with Y chromosome microdeletions
| Azoospermic (n = 73) | Oligozoospermic (n = 28) | Total (n = 101) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| severe | moderate | mild | ||||
| Chromosomal | (+) | 35 (48.6) | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 99 |
| abnormality | (−) | 37 (51.4) | 22 (81.5) | 3 (11.1) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Histological | (+) | 55 (100.0) | 12 (85.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 69 |
| abnormality | (−) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
*severe oligozoospermia: <1X106 sperm/ml semen; moderate oligozoospermia: 1–5X106 sperm/ml semen; mild oligozoospermia: 5–20X106 sperm/ml semen