From: ICSI outcomes for infertile men with severe or complete asthenozoospermia
Characteristics | Ejaculated spermatozoa | TESE | P value* | ||
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Ep | En | Ei | |||
Number of couples | 25 | 43 | 11 | 18 | - |
Age of husband (years) mean ± SD | 32.16 ± 5.40 | 30.14 ± 4.28 | 32.27 ± 3.00 | 30.56 ± 3.49 | 0.213 |
Age of wife (years) mean ± SD | 29.48 ± 3.50 | 29.05 ± 4.40 | 30.09 ± 3.24 | 30.33 ± 4.16 | 0.671 |
Past pregnancy of wife, n (%) | |||||
Primary | 19 (76.00) | 35 (81.40) | 9 (81.80) | 15 (83.30) | 0.945 |
Secondary | 6 (24.00) | 8 (18.60) | 2 (18.20) | 3 (16.70) | |
BMI of husband (kg/m2) mean ± SD | 24.03 ± 4.23 | 25.83 ± 3.68 | 23.26 ± 4.00 | 26.41 ± 3.98 | 0.057 |
Testicular volume (mL), mean ± SD | |||||
Left | 15.36 ± 2.87 | 16.09 ± 3.48 | 14.91 ± 3.89 | 16.61 ± 3.65 | 0.485 |
Right | 15.44 ± 3.72 | 16.33 ± 3.53 | 14.73 ± 4.27 | 16.51 ± 3.69 | 0.443 |
Sexual hormone of husband, mean ± SD | |||||
FSH (IU/L) | 5.49 ± 2.48 | 5.51 ± 4.79 | 6.18 ± 3.74 | 5.14 ± 2.92 | 0.926 |
LH (IU/L) | 5.43 ± 2.34 | 6.75 ± 5.79 | 6.97 ± 2.85 | 5.85 ± 3.68 | 0.623 |
Total testosterone (ng/dL) | 478.27 ± 230.43 | 527.09 ± 281.67 | 428.27 ± 307.41 | 517.77 ± 279.20 | 0.719 |
Prolactin (ng/mL) | 10.74 ± 4.43 | 12.47 ± 6.12 | 11.42 ± 5.79 | 10.56 ± 4.49 | 0.603 |