Table 1.
Semen characteristics and DNA damage assessed by the SCD assay
| asthenospermia (n = 32) | oligozoospermia (n = 11) | severe oligozoospermia (i = 17) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean male age ± SD | 34.0 ± 5.7 a | 33.4 ± 6.8 a | 30.4 ± 3.5 a | ||||||
| Sample type analyzed | Native | DGC | P d | Native | DGC | P d | Native | DGC | P d |
| Sperm concentration mean ± SD | 37.7 ± 25.7 | 7.5 ± 2.8 | 0.000 | 8.2 ± 2.2 | 5.7 ± 2.7 | 0.048 | 1.6 ± 1.4 | 1.2 ± 1.2 | 0.236 |
| Progressive motility ± SD | 21.9 ± 9.1 | 60.4 ± 24.5 | 0.000 | 33.3 ± 18.0 | 68.5 ± 24.8 | 0.000 | _ | _ | _ |
| Sperm DFI ± SD | 31.5 ± 19.7 b | 19.2 ± 18.3 c | 0.000 | 28.5 ± 10.3 b | 16.0 ± 12.8 c | 0.002 | 41.4 ± 19.0 b | 36.3 ± 20.6 c | 0.03 |
a,b,cOne-way ANOVA test; d paired-samples t-test