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Table 3 Frequency distribution and statistical comparison of semen parameters in different types of tumors

From: An evaluation of the population characteristics, semen quality, and utilization status of autologous sperm cryopreservation and fertility preservation in for 662 patients: a 6-year monocentric retrospective study

Parameters

Testicular cancer

(n = 101)

Mean ± S.D

Lymphoma

(n = 67)

Mean ± S.D

Leukemia

(n = 44)

Mean ± S.D

Gastroenterological malignancies

(n = 35)

Mean ± S.D

Other malignancies

(n = 104)

Mean ± S.D

P value

P value#

(Multiple comparisons)

Age (years)

29.79 ± 5.34

29.13 ± 7.67

29.68 ± 6.85

33.91 ± 6.57

33.41 ± 8.33

0.000

TC vs. GE: 0.027; TC vs. OM: 0.003; LY vs. GE: 0.012; LY vs. OM: 0.001; LE vs. OM: 0.030

TV (ml)

20.67 ± 7.44

26.45 ± 4.61

27.11 ± 3.21

27.03 ± 3.81

27.18 ± 3.78

0.000

TC vs. LY, LE, GE, OM: all 0.000

Semen volume (ml)

2.62 ± 1.13

2.71 ± 1.79

2.76 ± 1.39

2.75 ± 1.58

2.58 ± 1.40

0.937

all > 0.05

Sperm concentration (× 106/ml)

31.56 ± 28.61

65.19 ± 48.22

50.13 ± 43.26

79.09 ± 71.66

67.04 ± 47.76

0.000

TC vs. LY, GE, OM: all 0.000

Total sperm count (× 106/ejaculate)

79.27 ± 85.15

180.86 ± 201.80

139.05 ± 142.70

205.10 ± 247.54

161.18 ± 142.86

0.000

TC vs. LY, GE, OM: 0.000, 0.000, 0.002

Progressive sperm rate (%)

40.82 ± 16.49

46.08 ± 18.33

31.39 ± 16.88

40.00 ± 15.54

44.46 ± 16.09

0.000

LE vs. TC, LY, OM: 0.016, 0.000, 0.000

RPFT (%)

23.48 ± 13.92

26.24 ± 18.02

15.33 ± 13.88

24.43 ± 14.51

25.87 ± 15.88

0.004

LE vs. TC, LY, OM: 0.040, 0.004, 0.003

TPSB (× 106/ejaculate)

34.56 ± 41.11

77.87 ± 73.90

47.75 ± 54.31

87.37 ± 115.70

76.15 ± 81.30

0.000

TC vs. LY, GE, OM: 0.001, 0.002, 0.000

TPSA (× 106/ejaculate)

22.10 ± 30.73

46.06 ± 53.36

23.85 ± 30.32

62.93 ± 105.86

50.97 ± 63.21

0.000

TC vs. GE, OM: all 0.003

RRPM (%)

55.57 ± 24.88

55.49 ± 25.15

39.43 ± 30.73

61.94 ± 25.16

52.78 ± 26.79

0.002

LE vs. TC, LY, GE, OM: 0.007, 0.015, 0.002, 0.040

  1. GE gastroenterological malignancies, LE leukemia, LY Lymphoma, OM other malignancies, RPFT rate of progressive sperm after frozen-thawed test, RRPM recovery rate of progressive motile sperm, TC testicular cancer, TPSA total PR sperm count of after frozen-thawed test, TPSB total PR sperm count of before frozen-thawed test, TV the total volume of bilateral testes
  2. #The data were compared using a t test on two sets of data