Research Article
Sperm Nuclear Vacuoles in relation to Acrosome Reactions and Sperm Motility
Table 2
Proportion of spermatozoa with large nuclear vacuoles according to the state of binding to MH61-beads and motility (
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| | | I. Spermatozoa bound to MH61-beads | II. Motile spermatozoa not bound to MH61-beads | III. Immotile spermatozoa not bound to MH61-beads |
| | %LNV | | | | | Mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 2.1 | 5.8 ± 3.9 | 9.8 ± 4.3 | | value (-test) | <0.001* versus II, III | <0.001* versus I, III | <0.001* versus I, II | |
%LNV | | | | | Acrobeads scores 0-1 () | 2.3 ± 0.6 | 5.5 ± 1.1 | 10.4 ± 1.2 | | Acrobeads scores 2–4 () | 2.5 ± 0.5 | 6.1 ± 1.0 | 9.4 ± 1.1 | | value (-test, 0-1 versus 2–4) | 0.8088 | 0.6994 | 0.5506 | | Total number of observed spermatozoa | 6474 | 5129 | 6389 | | Number of observed spermatozoa for each patient (mean ± SD) | 215.8 ± 9.4 | 171.0 ± 44.3 | 213.0 ± 20.0 |
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%LNV: proportion of spermatozoa with large nuclear vacuoles; SD: standard deviation. *Statistically significant.
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