Table 1.
Patient characteristics and semen parameters before and after CoQ10 treatment (200 and 400 mg/day)
| Variable | CoQ10 200 mg/day (n=35) |
p-value | CoQ10 400 mg/day (n = 30) |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | |||
| Age (yr) | 26.23 ± 7.22 | 29.45 ± 8.61 | 0.094 | |||
| Duration of infertility (yr) | 4.34 ± 3.64 | 4.91 ± 4.17 | 0.54 | |||
| Volume (mL) | 2.38 ± 1.30 | 2.51 ± 1.42 | 0.69 | 2.15 ± 1.68 | 2.28 ± 1.35 | 0.74 |
| Concentration (million/mL) | 8.22 ± 6.88 | 12.53 ± 8.11 | 0.019 | 7.58 ± 5.41 | 12.33 ± 6.1 | 0.002 |
| Progressive motility (%) | 16.54 ± 9.26 | 22.58 ± 10.15 | 0.011 | 14.22 ± 12.85 | 26.1 ± 14.52 | 0.001 |
| Total motility (%) | 25.68 ± 6.41 | 29.96 ± 8.09 | 0.016 | 23.46 ± 12.59 | 34.82 ± 14.17 | 0.001 |
| Normal morphology (%) | 22.17 ± 6.08 | 23.64 ± 7.45 | 0.36 | 24.64 ± 4.93 | 27.41 ± 4.58 | 0.27 |
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.
CoQ10, coenzyme Q10.