Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and comparison between OAT patients and controls
| Group | Age (years) | Duration of sexual abstinence (days) | Volume (ml) | Concentration (X 106/ml) | Morphologically normal sperm (%) | Total progressive motility (%) | DNA fragmentation (% TUNEL positive spermatozoa) | % Chromomycin A3 positive spermatozoa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | (mean±SD) | 36.8 ± 6.4 | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 2.9 ± 1.1 | 4.2 ± 2.7 | 6.8 ± 2.9 | 21.5 ± 9.1 | 30.0 ± 7.1 | 31.5 ± 7.1 |
| (n = 61) | Range | 24–54 | 4–5 | 0.5–5.0 | 0.8–11.0 | 1.0–13.0 | 0.0–33.0 | 19.4–49.8 | 11.6–47.8 |
| Controls | (mean±SD) | 34.6 ± 5.4 | 4.1 ± 0.3 | 3.4 ± 0.7 | 46.8 ± 19.3 | 29.0 ± 7.4 | 55.6 ± 4.3 | 6.2 ± 1.8 | 6.3 ± 1.8 |
| (n = 49) | Range | 24–45 | 4–5 | 2.0–5.1 | 22.0–106.0 | 15.0–45.0 | 50–70 | 3.4–12.6 | 3.2–11.4 |
| P (Mann–Whitney test) | NS (0.097) | NS (0.479) | P = 0.02 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 | P < 0.001 |
NS = not significant