Gender Differences in Metabolic Disorders and Related Diseases in Spontaneously Diabetic Torii-Lepr^fa Rats

Table 1

Semen analysis in male SD and SDT fatty rats.

	32 weeks of age	40 weeks of age
Sperm motility (%)
SD rat	79.9 ± 10.9	63.6 ± 14.7
SDT fatty rat	70.0 ± 8.2**	67.1 ± 5.0
Sperm viability (%)
SD rat	70.9 ± 11.4	61.4 ± 12.0
SDT fatty rat	63.8 ± 5.9	67.4 ± 6.7
Sperm morphology (%)
SD rat	84.5 ± 6.6	86.5 ± 5.3
SDT fatty rat	79.8 ± 2.5	75.3 ± 2.2**

Data represent the mean ± standard deviation (n = 4–6). **P < 0.01 versus age-matched SD rats.