Table 2.
Correlation of sperm DNA fragmentation rate with fertilization rate and embryo development status in the IVF and ICSI cycles.
| sperm DNA fragmentation |
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|---|---|---|
| Spearman’s correlation coefficient (R) | Statistical significance | |
| IVF (n = 415) | ||
| Fertilization rate | −0.012 | ns |
| Cleavage rate | 0.081 | ns |
| Good quality embryo rate | −0.053 | ns |
| ICSI (n = 135) | ||
| Fertilization rate | −0.433 | P < 0.001 |
| Cleavage rate | −0.029 | ns |
| Good quality embryo rate | 0.086 | ns |
Abbreviations: IVF, vitro fertilization, ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection; ns, not statistically significant