TABLE 1.

Seminal parameters in controls and patients

	C group (n = 63)	P group (n = 238)
Volume (ml)	3.6 ± 1.6	2.7 ± 1.6*
pH	7.5 ± 0.2	7.5 ± 0.4
Sperm concentration (106/ml)	51.9 ± 61.9	4.0 ± 8.4*
Total sperm count (106)	184.1 ± 283.6	6.9 ± 10.0*
Total sperm motility (%)	58.5 ± 12.6	32.2 ± 20.4*
Normal morphology (%)	10.2 ± 5.5	6.6 ± 8.0*
Vitality	79.5 ± 6.6	67.2 ± 19.3*

Abbreviations: C, controls; P, Infertile pts.

^* p < 0.05.