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. 2018 Oct 4;36(2):255–266. doi: 10.1007/s10815-018-1323-1

Table 2.

Sperm kinematics at 1 and 4 h after incubation using computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA)

Sample Parameter 1 h 4 h
Control Biotin Pentoxifylline Control Biotin Pentoxifylline
Normozoospermic (N = 79) VCL (μm/s) 81.53 ± 1.59 80.11 ± 1.63 85.30 ± 1.54 88.46 ± 1.59 88.39 ± 1.63 90.03 ± 1.65
VSL (μm/s) 24.03 ± 0.53 24.95 ± 0.62 26.25 ± 0.53a 28.44 ± 0.67 28.61 ± 0.64 28.97 ± 0.62
VAP (μm/s) 39.06 ± 0.61 39.00 ± 0.69 40.62 ± 0.64 42.50 ± 0.66 42.68 ± 0.65 42.85 ± 0.67
ALH (μm) 2.60 ± 0.08 2.59 ± 0.07 2.91 ± 0.07 b,d 3.07 ± 0.09 3.13 ± 0.09 3.39 ± 0.08 a
LIN (%) 29.73 ± 0.62 31.47 ± 0.70 31.06 ± 0.58 32.40 ± 0.75 33.19 ± 0.83 32.50 ± 0.79
STR (%) 61.28 ± 0.85 62.85 ± 1.22 64.81 ± 0.87a 66.42 ± 0.88 66.76 ± 0.94 67.31 ± 0.95
WOB (%) 48.20 ± 0.49 49.16 ± 0.45c 47.59 ± 0.37 48.11 ± 0.51 48.32 ± 0.51 47.74 ± 0.53
BCF (beats/s) 8.84 ± 0.14 9.11 ± 0.12 9.10 ± 0.12 9.14 ± 0.15 9.32 ± 0.13 9.01 ± 0.17
Asthenozoospermic (N = 15) VCL (μm/s) 55.17 ± 5.57 58.50 ± 4.77 58.33 ± 4.57 52.08 ± 5.19 53.83 ± 3.74 59.25 ± 4.82
VSL (μm/s) 17.50 ± 1.69 19.00 ± 1.29 19.08 ± 1.55 18.17 ± 1.42 21.92 ± 2.21 21.17 ± 1.56
VAP (μm/s) 27.83 ± 3.13 31.08 ± 2.11 30.75 ± 1.98 28.08 ± 2.01 31.00 ± 2.15 32.83 ± 1.71
ALH (μm) 1.50 ± 0.31 1.58 ± 0.19 1.58 ± 0.26 1.67 ± 0.28 1.67 ± 0.33 1.92 ± 0.31
LIN (%) 33.17 ± 2.83 33.92 ± 2.16 33.42 ± 2.18 37.33 ± 3.31 41.08 ± 3.22 36.75 ± 2.53
STR (%) 61.58 ± 3.40 62.25 ± 2.97 62.00 ± 2.88 65.42 ± 3.63 69.83 ± 3.02 66.00 ± 3.07
WOB (%) 52.92 ± 2.46 54.33 ± 1.39 53.42 ± 1.58 55.58 ± 2.22 57.83 ± 2.30 55.17 ± 2.03
BCF (beats/s) 5.17 ± 0.96 5.67 ± 0.58 5.50 ± 0.72 5.58 ± 0.78 6.67 ± 0.90 6.42 ± 0.87

aP < 0.05

bP < 0.01 vs control

cP < 0.05 vs PTX

dP < 0.01 vs biotin