Research Article

Effects of Synthetic Serum Supplementation in Sperm Preparation Media on Sperm Capacitation and Function Test Results

Table 2

Sperm motion characteristics observed through computer-assisted semen analysis and hemizona assay results of the washed spermatozoa after 2 h of incubation. The data are presented as the median (interquartile range).

HTS (HTF+SSS)QFS (QF+SSS)HTP (HTF+SPS)QFP (QF+SPS)

Motility (%)65.7 (61.4~88.8)60.1 (47.7~94.1)59.0 (42.6~73.1)51.5 (45.6~79.7)
Progressive motility (%)31.2 (27.0~51.4)28.2 (22.2~54.4)27.4 (21.3~37.6)24.3 (15.5~48.0)
VAP(μm/s)29.0 (27.0~33.6)39.8 (29.5~46.6)27.9 (32.4~38.4)29.8 (27.0~37.0)
VSL (μm/s)15.4 (13.4~17.0)20.6 (16.7~27.3)16.6 (15.7~21.6)14.8 (12.1~18.3)
ALH (μm)4.2 (3.2~5.2)4.6 (1.7~6.5)5.0 (2.9~5.6)4.6 (0~5.8)
Hemizona assay (%)10033.3 (22.7~46.5)

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