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. 2019 Jul 19;36(8):1591–1597. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01533-7

Table 3.

Semen parameters according to WHO 2010 after treatment and AB staining test

CONC. MOTILITY MOT. A MOT. B MOT. C INTENSE INTER. PALE
Group 1 2.0 ± 3.0 30.0% ± 23.1 2.1% ± 4.4 18.7% ± 17.5 9.1% ± 5.2 58.3% ± 1.3 12.1% ± 1.7 29.6% ± 2.3
Group 2 2.4 ± 4.2 29.4% ± 26 3.4% ± 8.0 17.3% ± 15.8 8.8% ± 5.8 35.6% ± 1.6 10.4% ± 2.1 54.0% ± 1.8
p 0.718 0.935 0.507 0.782 0.857 0.0001 0.005 0.0001

Group 1 = 2–5 days of abstinence, Group 2 = 1 h of abstinence. CONC, sperm concentration; MOT. A, progressive spermatozoa; MOT. B, slow motility sp.; MOT. C, non-progressive; INTENSE, darkly colored spermatozoa; INTER, darkly colored in the post-acrosomal region; PALE, lightly colored spermatozoa. Entries in italics mean the results are statistically significant