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Table 1 Seminal quality in night shift workers

From: The correlation between urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and sperm quality in infertile men and rotating shift workers

Seminal Parameters

Fertile group

(n = 10)

Infertile group

(n = 10)

Sperm concentration

(106 cells/mL)

148.0 ± 6.95

112.8 ± 3.35*

Forward motility

(% a + b grades)

54.50 ± 1.04

39.67 ± 1.85*

Morphology

(% normal cells)

22.80 ± 1.77

12.75 ± 1.10*

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SEM of the number of volunteers
  2. *statistically significant regarding fertile group