Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and comparisons of age and conventional semen parameters between controls and infertile groups

Parameters	Controls (n = 50)	OAT (n = 40)	Terato (n = 31)	Astheno (n = 29)	P-value
					Controls vs OAT	Controls vs Terato	Controls vs Astheno
Age (years)
Means ± SD	34.81 ± 5.43	39.40 ± 5.20	37.65 ± 6.21	36.69 ± 4.16	<0.001	0.02	NS
Min-Max	24.00–38.00	28.00–50.00	29.00–43.00	33.00–46.00
Volume (ml)
Means ± SD	3.39 ± 1.23	3.34 ± 1.22	3.14 ± 1.24	3.39 ± 1.27	NS	NS	NS
Min-Max	2.60–4.75	2.00–3.50	2.00–4.00	2.00–4.50
Motility (%)
Means ± SD	57.84 ± 7.70	16.32 ± 10.89	52.46 ± 3.19	37.84 ± 7.70	P < 0.001	NS	P < 0.001
Min-Max	50.00–62.50	10.00–38.00	46.00–60.00	8.50–39.00
Sperm count (%)
Means ± SD	92.45 ± 41.63	13.85 ± 6.27	45.17 ± 4.47	50.07 ± 13.71	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
Min-Max	30.25–250.00	5.00–19.80	20.00–55.00	20.00–100.00
Abnormal morphology (%)
Means ± SD	57.47 ± 10.08	83.52 ± 7.58	78.09 ± 8.34	59.22 ± 5.27	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	NS
Min-Max	30.00–66.88	77.00–96.00	70.22–100	36.12–67.92

OAT Oligoasthenoteratozoospermics, Terato Teratozoospermics, Astheno Asthenozoospermics, Max maximum, Min minimum, SD standard deviation, NS Not significant. Data are expressed as means ± SD. P ≤ 0.05 = significant; P ≤ .001 = highly significant