Table 1. Basic characteristics of the intervention and placebo groups before treatment*.

	Group		Sig.
	Vitamin C	Placebo
Age, year	26.3±4.9	28.5±5.5	0.025
Count, million/mL	42.5±28.4	37.5±28.1	0.362
Motility, %	33.8±15.5	32.4±14.3	0.618
Morphology, %	52.2±16.1	57±18.2	0.147
Oligozoospermia, %	30.4	26.1	0.610
Asthenozoospermia, %	89.1	91.3	0.698
Teratozoospermia, %	4.3	7.2	0.524

* = All variables refer to the condition of patients before surgery, values are presented as mean±SD