Male Partners of Infertile Couples with Seminal Infections of Human Papillomavirus Have Impaired Fertility Parameters
Table 3
Comparison of semen parameters in HPV-positive semen samples.
HPV DNA+ ( = 38) (%)
HPV DNA− ( = 191) (%)
HR HPV+ ( = 13) (%)
HR PV− ( = 216) (%)
LR HPV+ ( = 14) (%)
LR HPV− ( = 215) (%)
HPV MI+ ( = 14) (%)
HPV MI− ( = 215) (%)
Hypospermia
6 (15.8)
15 (7.8)
0.2
4 (25)
17 (8)
0.3
0 (0)
21 (9.7)
0.6
5 (35.7)
16 (7.44)
0.01
Abnormal coagulation time
0 (0)
5 (2.6)
1
1 (8.3)
2 (0.9)
0.1
0 (0)
5 (2.3)
1
0 (0)
5 (2.3)
1
Abnormal viscosity
17 (44.7)
23 (12.4)
0.0005
7 (58.3)
33 (15.2)
0.057
3 (21.4)
34 (15.8)
0.7
11 (78.5)
29 (13.5)
0.0002
Abnormal pH
1 (2.63)
2 (1)
0.4
1 (8.3)
2 (0.9)
0.1
0 (0)
3 (1.4)
1
0 (0)
3 (1.4)
1
Asthenozoospermia
16 (42)
64 (33)
0.5
2 (16.6)
78 (36)
0.5
6 (42.8)
74 (34)
0.6
7 (50)
73 (34)
0.44
Oligozoospermia
10 (26.3)
52 (27)
1
2 (16)
60 (27.6)
0.38
4 (28.5)
58 (27)
1
3 (21.4)
59 (27.4)
1
Necrozoospermia
21 (55)
77 (40)
0.3
4 (33)
92 (42)
0.4
8 (57.1)
88 (41)
0.5
9 (64.2)
87 (40.4)
0.34
Teratozoospermia
6 (15.8)
28 (14.65)
0.8
1 (6.2)
33 (15.5)
0.7
3 (21.4)
31 (14)
0.4
0 (0)
34 (15.8)
0.2
Leukocytospermia
2 (5.26)
10 (5.23)
1
1 (8.3)
11 (5)
0.5
0 (0)
12 (5.6)
1
2 (14.2)
10 (4.65)
0.2
Hematospermia
1 (2.63)
3 (1.57)
0.5
0 (0)
4 (1.9)
1
0 (0)
4 (1.8)
1
1 (7.14)
3 (1.4)
0.2
HPV: human papillomavirus; DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; +: positive; −: negative; HR: high-risk; LR: low-risk; MI: multiple infection; presented data are not means; p values were obtained by Chi-square test; p values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
