Measurements of Serum Pituitary-Gonadal Hormones and Investigation of Sexual and Reproductive Functions in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Table 3

Comparison of pre- and post-operative semen analyses between the study and control groups.

Item	n	Volume (ml)	Motility (%)	Survival rate (%)	Density (10^6/ml)	Normal morphology (%)
control	15	3.3±0.4	64.2±3.4	80.5±2.4	72.8±11.2	15%-27%
preoperative	46	1.7±0.5^†	13.6±3.0^†	24.5±3.6^†	20.6±6.3^†	2%-12%^†
4 months postop.	46	2.9±0.6^∗	60.9±4.7^∗	82.3±4.7^∗	67.2±13.5^∗	12%-25%^∗

^∗𝑃<.05 versus preoperative group; ^†𝑃>.05 versus control group.