Table 1.
Semen parameters for donors, patients and ROS+ and ROS- samples
|
Parameter |
Donor (n = 20) |
Patients |
ROS- |
ROS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 32) | (n = 20) | (n = 32) | ||
|
Sperm concentration |
69.49 ± 42.95 |
42.93 ± 52.84 |
59.36 ± 45.61 |
43.51 ± 35.46 |
| (×106/mL) | ||||
|
Motility (%) |
55.4 ± 14.0 |
49.1 ± 16.4 |
51.6 ± 14.2 |
51.0 ± 16.7 |
|
Round cells (×106/mL) |
2.92 ± 2.48 |
5.15 ± 2.37 |
2.40 ± 2.92 |
2.18 ± 2.10 |
|
Endtz (Myeloperoxidase positive) (×106/mL) |
0.00 ± 0.00 |
0.00 ± 0.15 |
0.00 ± 0.00 |
0.10 ± 0.17 |
|
Morphology Kruger’s strict criteria (%) |
3.5 ± 1.6 |
3.6 ± 3.2 |
3.2 ± 2.5 |
3.8 ± 2.8 |
|
ROS (RLU/sec/106 sperm) |
2219.3 (0.0, 4438.5) |
282.0 (0.0, 564.0) |
4.0 (0.0, 9.0) |
22.4 (33.0, 4439.0) |
|
Median (Min., Max) | ||||
|
ROS (RLU/sec/106 sperm) |
4.4 (0.0, 300.2) |
104.0 (0.0, 1341.0) |
0.0 (0.0, 0.0) |
503.8 (101.6, 1407.9) |
|
Median (25th, 75th percentile) | ||||
|
TAC (Micromole Trolox) |
- |
2065.0 ± 5343.0 |
1994.0 ± 507.4 |
2011.0 ± 556.2 |
| DNA (%) | - | 23.8 ± 10.9 | 18.0 ± 13.7 | 13.8 ± 9.4 |
ROS reactive oxygen species, RLU relative light unit.