TABLE 4.

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)
Testicular hypotrophy	6.3% (4)	49.2% (117)*	9.7% (11)	84.8% (106)* , #
Testicular inhomogeneity	1.6% (1)	35.7% (85)*	7.1% (8)	61.6% (77)* , #
Epididymis inhomogeneity or cists	12.7% (8)	25.2% (60) °	27.4% (31)*	23.2% (29)*
Epididymis congestion/hyperemia	1.6% (1)	14.7% (35)*	16.8% (19)*	12.8% (16)*
Varicocoele	7.9% (5)	23.5% (56)*	18.6% (21)*	28% (35)*

Abbreviations: C, controls; P, infertile pts; 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 < 0.05 vs. Pa.