Table 1.
Control group (n=10) | Varicocele group (n=10) | Varicocelectomy group (n=10) | P value | ||||
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Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | ||
Right testicle | 17.6 | 7.6 | 30.7 | 8.8 | 27.1 | 8.1 | <0.05* |
Left testicle | 18.3 | 6.8 | 31.8 | 9.6 | 28.6 | 8.9 | <0.05* |
Both testicles | 18.3 | 7.9 | 31.8 | 10.1 | 27.1 | 9.0 | <0.05* |
P value | >0.5 | >0.05 | >0.05 | ||||
* P values of right (R), left (L), and both (B) testes. Control group-varicocele group: p=0.026 (R), p=0.028 (L), p=0.028 (B); Con-trol group-varicocelectomy group: p=0.032 (R), p=0.032 (L), p=0.036 (B); Varicocele group-varicocelectomy group: p=0.046 (R), p=0.046 (L), p=0.048 (B).