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. 2012 Aug 14;27(10):2918–2926. doi: 10.1093/humrep/des302

Table II.

Mean and median semen parameter characteristics by WHO cutoff criteria for men seeking infertility evaluation from January 2000 to May 2003 (N = 192).

Mean ± SD Median
Concentration (million/ml)
 Normal 115.10 ± 85.71 87.00
 Abnormal 11.44 ± 3.92 12.80
Motility (% motile)
 Normal 69.58 ± 10.54 70.46
 Abnormal 29.66 ± 14.30 31.91
Morphology (% normal)
 Normal 8.62 ± 3.62 8.00
 Abnormal 1.97 ± 0.92 2.00

WHO sperm abnormality cutoff criteria: concentration (<20 million/ml), motility (<50% motile sperm) and morphology (<4% normal morphological sperm).