Research Article
Evaluation of Serum Testosterone, Progesterone, Seminal Antisperm Antibody, and Fructose Levels among Jordanian Males with a History of Infertility
Table 1
A comparison between Sperm parameters, fructose level, steroid hormones among infertile males with varicocele, without varicocele, and fertile.
| | Parameters | Fertile group | Infertile group | P-value | | Varicocele | Without varicocele | | No = 50 | No. 68 | No. 82 | | Means ± SD | Means ± SD | Means ± SD |
| | Volume (ml) | 3.54 1.77 | 4.06 1.92 | 3.90 2.26 | n.s | | Count 10(6)/ml | 42.10 22.3 | 55.03 77.62 | 36.63 49.29 | n.s | | Viscosity | 0.16 0.37 | 0.21 0.41 | 0.20 0.46 | n.s |
| | Morphology | | | | | | Normal shape | 8.12 8.75 | 6.91 6.58 | 7.46 7.92 |
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| | Slightly abnormal | 16.48 12.09 | 21.35 11.09 | 17.63 1284 |
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| | Coiled | 19.20 17.96 | 13.71 10.53 | 7.93 7.65 |
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| | Severe abnormal | 56.28 20.24 | 52.15 20.79 | 53.36 27.25 | n.s |
| | Motility | | | | | | Active progressive | 8.52 14.09 | 5.26 13.28 | 3.05 7.50 |
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| | Weak progressive | 12.76 11.17 | 8.82 12.67 | 7.88 10.41 |
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| | Sluggish | 28.56 1 17.02 | 35.71 1 21.94 | 34.71 1 26.54 | n.s | | Immotile | 50.48 19.36 | 44.56 23.55 | 40.26 28.29 | n.s |
| | Viability | 50.48 19.36 | 44.56 23.55 | 40.26 28.29 |
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| | Fructose mg/dl | 332.08 172.43 | 359.65 220.64 | 315.66 118.49 | n.s | | Testosterone ng/dl | 367.5 21.8 | 380.74 24.331 | 365.9 16.55 |
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| | Progesterone ng/ml | 0.357 0.0306 | 0.325 0.243 | 0.341 0.022 | n.s |
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P .05 (Significant)
n.s (Non-Significant)
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