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Table 1 Patients and semen characteristics

From: Can the SCD test and terminal uridine nick-end labeling by flow cytometry technique (TUNEL/FCM) be used interchangeably to measure sperm DNA damage in routine laboratory practice?

Variable

N

Mean

Median

Std Deva

Minimum

Maximum

Lower Quartile

Upper Quartile

Age (years)

25

38.60

38.0

6.06

30.0

55.0

35.0

40.0

Sperm concentration (million/mL)

25

110.04

80.0

102.24

15.0

432.0

41.0

150.0

Total sperm number (million)

25

395.39

243.6

379.85

57.5

1530.0

161.5

567.3

Progressive motility (%)

25

39.40

40.0

14.33

13.0

70.0

30.0

49.0

Total motility (%)

25

47.92

50.0

14.33

23.0

82.0

37.0

55.0

Initial vitality (%)

25

74.56

74.0

9.47

53.0

88.0

67.0

82.0

Initial normal sperm morphology (%)

25

15.70

16.0

8.48

1.0

31.0

11.0

21.0

Normal sperm morphology after sperm preparation (%)

25

24.39

25.0

11.56

2.0

43.0

18.0

34.0

  1. aStd Dev: Standard deviation. Sperm motility was analyzed by measurements of progressive motility and total motility as it is mentioned in WHO’s guidelines