Research Article

Assessment of Chromatin Maturity in Human Spermatozoa: Useful Aniline Blue Assay for Routine Diagnosis of Male Infertility

Table 2

Comparison of semen parameters between G1 and G2 groups.

Spermogram data
(Mean ± SE)
G1 ( )
G2 ( )P value

Volume (mL)3.43 ± 1.963.41 ± 1.400.97
Total motility (%)42 ± 1239.04 ± 9.80.34
 Rapid progressive motility “a” (%)14.1 ± 8.2512.14 ± 6.430.19
 Slowly progressive motility “b” (%)21.33 ± 6.2821.42 ± 5.940.95
 No progressive motility “c” (%)5.83 ± 2.305.71 ± 1.790.83
Sperm concentration (millions/mL)85.58 ± 72.0660.37 ± 48.310.14
Vitality (%)76.93 ± 10.4875.14 ± 10.250.54
Normal morphology (%)10.46 ± 7.157.14 ± 6.360.08
 Abnormalities of sperm head (/100 spz analyzed)155.35 ± 32.18176.89 ± 28.010.01
 Microcephalic spz (%)8.4 ± 5.613 ± 7.70.02
 Acrosome abnormalities (%)64.56 ± 14.3471.23 ± 14.360.09
 Cytoplasmic droplets (%)8.20 ± 6.0310.47 ± 8.080.2