Table 2.
Average of sperm count, nuclear and morphological immaturity and sperm DNA damage in different test and control-sham groups; all data are presented in mean ± SD
| Groups |
Nuclear Immature Sperms (%)
|
Morphological immature sperms (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 24 | 48 | 12 | 24 | 48 | |
| Control | 10.20 ± 1.48 | - | - | 9.83 ± 1.47 | - | - |
| LD-ATR | 67.80 ± 2.16 | 72.80 ± 1.92 | 77.00 ± 1.41 | 69.16 ± 1.16 | 71.34 ± 1.75 | 73.66 ± 1.75 |
| MD-ATR | 71.00 ± 1.41 | 76.80 ± 1.30 | 81.80 ± 1.78 | 71.50 ± 1.37 | 74.50 ± 1.64 | 77.08 ± 1.21 |
| HD-ATR | 74.60 ± 1.14 | 80.00 ± 1.22 | 83.40 ± 0.89 | 73.83 ± 1.60 | 77.33 ± 1.50 | 83.00 ± 2.25 |
| Sperm Count (×10 6 ) | Sperm DNA disintegrity (%) | |||||
| Control | 74.83 ± 1.16 | - | - | 10.83 ± 0.75 | - | - |
| LD-ATR | 65.15 ± 0.75 | 60.16 ± 1.47 | 55.16 ± 1.94 | 52.66 ± 2.16 | 57.16 ± 1.72 | 64.00 ± 1.09 |
| MD-ATR | 57.17 ± 1.72 | 52.50 ± 1.04 | 50.83 ± 0.98 | 56.83 ± 0.75 | 60.84 ± 2.04 | 67.33 ± 1.03 |
| HD-ATR | 41.33 ± 1.21 | 30.45 ± 1.54 | 26.50 ± 2.16 | 66.34 ± 1.50 | 68.50 ± 0.83 | 73.16 ± 0.72 |