Table 1.
Distribution of semen quality in patients.
| Varicocele | Control (n=30) | P-valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Grade I (n=15) | Grade II (n=13) | Grade III (n=12) | Overall (n=40) | ||
| Age | 34.50±5.82 | 30.55±5.03 | 26.63±5.99 | 31.58±6.16 | 31.26±5.31 | 0.8204 |
| Count (mil.ml-1) | 62.17±45.77 | 57.00±31.76 | 53.21±27.23 | 57.46±38.57 | 98.76±53.03 | 0.0003 |
| Rapid motility (%) | 17.51±9.41 | 13.48±7.94 | 12.78±5.21 | 14.59±7.57 | 23.24±10.05 | 0.0001 |
| Slow motility (%) | 36.17±9.90 | 40.64±11.78 | 32.53±10.20 | 36.44±10.93 | 33.45±7.16 | 0.1972 |
| Nonprogressive motility (%) | 11.41±5.40 | 12.92±3.11 | 13.10±3.67 | 12.47±3.99 | 10.98±3.69 | 0.1151 |
| Immotile motility (%) | 34.91±17.75 | 32.8±18.86 | 41.59±10.34 | 36.43±15.84 | 32.43±9.35 | 0.2228 |
| Normal morphology (%) | 28.08±12.98 | 18.09±12.07 | 23.68±7.35 | 23.63±11.66 | 44.52±14.46 | 0.0001 |
a: Difference between varicocele (n=40) and control (n=30) group