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. 2022 Apr 15;13:42. doi: 10.1186/s40104-022-00689-0

Table 1.

Male fertility parameters of high- and low-litter size spermatozoa

Parameter High-litter size group Low-litter size group
Litter size 13.15 ± 0.39* 11.50 ± 0.10
Motility and motion kinematics MOT, % 84.13 ± 2.21 90.7 ± 0.68
HYP, % 13.28 ± 0.55 15.66 ± 2.15
VCL, μm/s 141.05 ± 10.69 149.68 ± 4.73
VSL, μm/s 66.29 ± 17.43 71.02 ± 1.01
VAP, μm/s 76.33 ± 13.51 83.23 ± 1.39
LIN, % 45.73 ± 8.27 47.49 ± 0.91
BCF, Hz 11.93 ± 0.44 11.49 ± 0.27
WOB, % 53.34 ± 5.18 55.67 ± 0.27
ALH, μm/s 6.37 ± 0.62 6.64 ± 0.13
Capacitation status AR, % 0.22 ± 0.22 1.28 ± 0.51
F, % 91.48 ± 1.02 91.51 ± 3.4
B, % 8.28 ± 1.07 7.2 ± 3.39

MOT motility, HYP hyperactivated motility, VCL curvilinear velocity, VSL straight-line velocity, VAP average path velocity, BCF beat cross frequency, LIN linearity, WOB wobble, ALH amplitude of lateral head displacement. AR, acrosome-reacted spermatozoa; F, non-capacitated spermatozoa; B, capacitated spermatozoa; *P < 0.05