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. 2018 Jan 29;2018:1801798. doi: 10.1155/2018/1801798

Table 2.

Semen parameters according to electromagnetic field exposure level.

Group 1 (Sham procedure) Group 2 (3 cm, 6 h/d) Group 3 (10 cm, 18 h/d) Group 4 (3 cm, 18 h/d) p-value
Hemocytometer view
 Spermatid count (mean ± SD), ×106 398.6 ± 78.52 365.40 ± 81.25 354.60 ± 28.62 298.60 ± 10.25 0.057
Histopathologic view∗∗ (mean ± SD)
 Count of Seminiferous tubule, ×100 43.70 ± 4.09 40.77 ± 5.14 42.53 ± 5.76 45.00 ± 6.20 0.021
 Spermatogonia 57.00 ± 15.07 53.40 ± 12.13 45.23 ± 14.71 43.00 ± 7.46 <0.001
 Spermatocyte 69.73 ± 12.25 69.30 ± 12.16 69.43 ± 11.60 63.97 ± 7.81 0.189
 Spermatid 309.07 ± 44.99 309.47 ± 52.13 312.83 ± 54.52 287.40 ± 48.50 0.102
 Sum of germ cell 432.80 ± 47.69 432.17 ± 62.78 427.50 ± 54.96 394.37 ± 47.33 0.032
 Leydig cell, ×400 40.43 ± 13.12 32.83 ± 7.41 29.47 ± 5.58 26.20 ± 3.96 <0.001
 Johnsen's biopsy score 9.67 ± 0.55 9.63 ± 0.56 9.53 ± 0.57 9.23 ± 0.68 0.022

Hemocytometer view was calculated by hemocytometer in specimen which obtained by semen samples were collected from the left caudal epididymis;  ∗∗Histopathologic view was calculated by light microscope after H-E stain by uro-pathologist.