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. 2016 Jun 1;10(2):196–207. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2016.4910

Table 3.

Clinical parameters of patients with globozoospermia


Patient Consanguinity of the parents Sperm parameters ICSI attempts and results
Round-headed sperm(%) Volume (mL) Sperm concentration (106/mL) Progressive motility (%) Number of ICSI (ET cycles) Clinical pregnancy (Abortion) Live delivery (Sexuality)

G1 Non-familial 100 3 80 10 2 No (-) -
No (-)
G2 NA 100 3 80 30 1 No (-) -
G3 NA 100 4 64 15 ND - -
G4 Familial 100 3 20 5 ND - -
G5 Familial 100 3.5 40 2 ND - -
G6 Familial 100 4 66 10 ND - -
G7 Non-familial 100 1 65 25 ND - -
G8 Non-familial 100 4 66 10 1 Yes (-) Ongoing
G9 Familial 100 4 50 20 1 No (-) -
G10 Familial 100 2.5 40 20 3 No (-) 1 Singleton (Girl)
yes (+)
Yes (-)
G12 Non-familial 100 1.5 70 20 1 Yes (-) 1 Singleton (Boy)
G13 Non-familial 100 0.5 67 25 2 No (-) 1 Singleton (Girl)
Yes (-)
G14 Familial 100 1 2 25 ND - -
G15 Non-familial 100 2 74 0 ND - -
G16 Non-familial 100 3 30 15 1 No (-) -
(1) No (-)
G18 NA 100 4 80 10 1 No (-) -
(1) No (-)
G19 NA 98 4 80 0 1 Yes (-) Ongoing
G20 Familial 100 3 40 15 1 No (-) -
(1) No (-)
G21 Non-familial 100 3.1 10 5 ND - -
No (-)
G22 Non-familial 100 6.7 60 35 2 No (-) -
G23 Non-familial 100 2.1 10 5 ND - -
G24 Familial 100 2 18 5 1 No (-) -
G25 Familial 96 2.9 90 40 1 No (-) -
G26 Familial 100 2.3 40 10 ND - -
G27 Familial 100 1 40 15 1 No (-) -
(1) No (-)
G28 Familial 98 2.3 28 10 ND - -
G29 Familial 100 3 45 40 1 No (-) -

Two samples of G11 and G17 were lost, thus they were deleted. ET; Freeze-thawed embryo transfer, ICSI; Intra-cytoplasmic sperm inseminaton, NA; Not assigned, ND; Not done, +; Stands for successful pregnancy, -; Stands for abortion, and *; Globo 23 is single and not married.