Table 8.
Effects of treatment on total counts of sperm motility forms in the ejaculate in relation to the presence of varicocele.
| Parameter | Varicocele | Baseline | U test | p * | Change after therapy | U test | p * | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean |
SD | Min | Median | Max |
Mean |
SD | Min | Median | Max | ||||||
| Form A | No | 5.0 | 6.6 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 31.5 | 1.126 | 0.260 | 4.4 | 7.0 | –5.8 | 3.3 | 43.5 | 0.616 | 0.538 |
| Yes | 3.7 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | –9.0 | 2.0 | 22.3 | |||||
| Form B | No | 5.1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 24.0 | 0.275 | 0.783 | 4.8 | 6.8 | –7.0 | 3.0 | 42.0 | 0.436 | 0.663 |
| Yes | 4.3 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 36.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 | –9.0 | 2.2 | 22.3 | |||||
| Form C | No | 5.6 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 42.8 | –0.837 | 0.402 | 2.3 | 9.1 | –27.5 | 0.6 | 63.5 | –0.249 | 0.804 |
| Yes | 5.8 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 37.5 | 1.8 | 5.3 | –16.5 | 0.8 | 25.5 | |||||
| Form D | No | 9.8 | 37.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 328.5 | –0.996 | 0.319 | –0.1 | 15.6 | –118.5 | 0.0 | 48.5 | 0.065 | 0.948 |
| Yes | 9.3 | 23.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 164.5 | –1.3 | 9.0 | –43.0 | 0.3 | 10.3 | |||||
* Mann–Whitney U test.