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. 2016 Aug 8;14:42. doi: 10.1186/s12958-016-0177-6

Table 2.

Sperm motility analysis

Group A B C D
Parameters Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
MOT (%) 50.31 ± 9.15 16.72 ± 20.38*** 39.87 ± 20.99 53.03 ± 8.58
PROG (%) 27.69 ± 7.34 6.97 ± 15.23** 20.00 ± 14.54 29.99 ± 6.85
DAP (μm) 21.95 ± 3.29 10.39 ± 9.61** 24.55 ± 3.57 32.32 ± 2.57***
DCL (μm) 33.91 ± 4.98 16.14 ± 14.57** 37.54 ± 5.41 55.31 ± 4.70***
DSL (μm) 17.65 ± 2.15 7.65 ± 6.36*** 19.42 ± 3.37 24.34 ± 2.12***
VAP (μm/s) 52.73 ± 9.25 25.43 ± 24.69** 62.44 ± 9.34* 80.00 ± 6.37***
VCL (μm/s) 81.10 ± 13.88 39.57 ± 37.33** 95.01 ± 14.47* 134.74 ± 11.30***
VSL (μm/s) 42.37 ± 5.92 18.76 ± 16.28** 49.16 ± 8.52 60.50 ± 5.14***
STR (%) 0.81 ± 0.04 0.35 ± 0.24*** 0.79 ± 0.04 0.75 ± 0.02**
LIN (%) 0.53 ± 0.04 0.24 ± 0.18*** 0.53 ± 0.04 0.45 ± 0.02***
WOB (%) 0.65 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.23*** 0.66 ± 0.03 0.60 ± 0.02***
ALH (μm) 4.52 ± 1.26 2.52 ± 1.93* 6.76 ± 1.06*** 9.74 ± 0.69***
BCF (Hz) 22.37 ± 2.71 7.99 ± 5.79*** 17.95 ± 2.73** 16.72 ± 1.85***

MOT motility, PROG progressive motility, DAP distance average path, DCL distance curved line, DSL distance straight line, VAP velocity average path, VCL velocity curved line, VSL velocity straight line, STR straightness, LIN linearity, WOB wobble, ALH amplitude of lateral head displacement, BCF beat cross frequency; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001