Table 4.
ROS (units) (reactive oxygen species) levels in all studied subjects before and after preparation of semen of normal fertile (NF) men (control) and men with teratozoospermia (TZs).
| NF (Control) | Teratozoospermia (TZs) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DGC-SU | DGC | SU | DGC-MACS | p-Value | ||
| Neat sample | 1.8 ± 0.2 (N = 10) |
23.86 ± 1.4 (N = 100) |
29.7 ± 1.91 (N = 99) |
29.78 ± 1.18 (N = 92) |
28.95 ± 1.10 (N = 94) |
0.9 |
| Post-preparation | 0.4 ± 0.1 (N = 10) |
1.4 ± 1.0 (N = 100) |
1.1 ± 1.02 (N = 99) |
1.1 ± 1.0 (N = 92) |
0.53 ± 0.5 abc (N = 94) |
0.001 |
Values represent mean ± SD. a = DGC-SU vs. DGC, SU, DGC-MACS; b = DGC vs. SU, DGC-MACS; c = SU vs. DGC-MACS.