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Table 3.

Total number of patients in each deletion group, previous history of Varicocele and sperm concentration according to the nature of the Y deletion in 185 Y-deleted men

Deletion site		Total No. of patients	History of Varicocele			Sperm concentration (×10⁶/mL)
Deletion site		Total No. of patients	Yes	No	NA^a	0	>0 and ≤1	>1
AZFa		4 (2.16 %)	1	2	1	4	0	0
AZFb		8 (4.32 %)	1	6	1	8	0	0
AZFc		95 (51.35 %)	6	85	4	61	27	7
AZFa + b		0 (0 %)	0	0	0	0	0	0
AZFa + c		1 (0.54 %)	0	1	0	1	0	0
AZFb + c		29 (15.67 %)	2	25	2	29	0	0
AZF partials	Partial a	1 (0.54 %)	0	1	0	0	1	0
	Partial b	3 (1.62 %)	0	3	0	2	1	0
	Partial c	3 (1.62 %)	1	2	0	1	2	0
	b + partial c	7 (3.78 %)	1	6	0	7	0	0
	c + partial b	5 (2.70 %)	0	5	0	5	0	0
AZFa + b + c(Yq)		29 (15.67 %)	1	27	1	29	0	0
Total		185	13	163	9	147	31	7

^aNot Available