Nutrition and Reproductive Health: Sperm versus Erythrocyte Lipidomic Profile and ω-3 Intake
Table 3
Sperm parameters.
Sperm parameter
Before treatment ()
After treatment ()
value
Semen volume (mL)
3.0 (1.7; 7.5)
3.5 (1.2; 4.5)
0.52
Sperm concentration (×106/mL)
1.5 (0.05; 53.6)
1.1 (0; 64.3)
0.09
Total sperm count (×106/ejaculate)
3.28 (0.09; 214.4)
4.95 (0; 211.75)
0.85
Progressive motility (%)
4.5 (0; 36.9)
3 (0; 20)
0.32
Total progressive motility (×106/ejaculate)
0.3 (0; 24.45)
0.18 (0; 11.63)
0.60
Normal morphology (%)
2 (0; 14)
0 (0; 11)
0.72
Total normal morphology (×106/ejaculate)
0 (0; 30.02)
0 (0; 23.29)
0.49
Vitality (%)
55 (0; 89)
66 (0; 80)
0.37
Total vitality (×106/ejaculate)
0.63 (0; 190.82)
0.8 (0; 156.7)
0.66
Average path velocity (μm/sec)
33.65 (10.5; 66.8)
20.05 (7.6; 43.3)
0.04
Straight line velocity (μm/sec)
27.2 (5.8; 59.1)
16.7 (6.3; 36.2)
0.16
Curvilinear velocity (μm/sec)
41.6 (19.6; 83.7)
27.5 (9.4; 59.2)
0.04
The values are expressed as median (min; max). Sperm assays were performed according to WHO criteria (2010) [20] (). The kinetic parameters were determined with CASA system (SCA Microptic) (). values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
