TABLE 3.

Prevalence of different ultrasound abnormalities in fertile control subjects and in oligo/azoospermic patients subdivided on the basis of gonadotropin values

	C group (n = 63)	P group (n = 238)	Pa group (n = 113)	Pb group (n = 125)
Ultrasound abnormalities	28.5% (18)	78.1% (186)*	80.5% (91)*	76.0% (95)*
sCDUS abnormalities	12.7% (8)	24.8% (59)°	10.6% (12)	37.6% (47) #
TRUS abnormalities	9.5% (6)	33.2% (79)*	52.2% (59) §	16.0% (20)
sCDUS + TRUS abnormalities	6.3% (4)	20.2% (48)*	17.7% (20)°	22.4% (28)*

Abbreviations: C, controls; Pa, infertile pts with FSH < 8 U/L; Pb, infertile pts with FSH > 8 U/L.

^* p < 0.01 vs. C.

^° p < 0.05 vs. C.

^# p < 0.01 vs. C and Pb.

^§ p < 0.01 vs. C and Pa.