Table 3.

Baseline characteristics in OAT men with unilateral versus bilateral varicocele [mean±SD (median)]

	Unilateral varicocele (n=10)	Bilateral varicocele (n=35)	p-value
Age (years)	31.7±2.8 (32.0)	30.6±4.1 (31.0)	0.308
Semen volume (ml)	2.3±0.7 (2.4)	2.2±1.00.8 (2.0)	0.653
Sperm concentration (106/ml)	4.6±2.6 (4.8)	6.0±2.6 (6.0)	0.158
Sperm total motility (%)	14.0±5.2 (15.0)	17.7±8.17.7 (20.0)	0.215
Sperm normal forms (%)	2.3±0.7 (2.0)	2.0±0.8 (2.0)	0.363
Seminal LC (ng/ml)	242.5±37.0 (255.0)	199.3±57.8 (211.5)	0.036 *

^*Statistical analysis using Mann-Whitney U test

LC: L-Carnitine, OAT: Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia