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Table 1 Incidence of morphologically normal and large-nuclear-vacuole spermatozoa in two MSOME evaluations according to patient subgroup time interval

From: Motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME): intervariation study of normal sperm and sperm with large nuclear vacuoles

Subgroups

MSOME

 
 

1st evaluation

2nd evaluation

P

Interval

   

≤60 days (n:79)

   

Normal

1.7 ± 2.5%

1.8 ± 2.1%

ns

 

n:3.4 ± 5

n:3.7 ± 4.1

ns

LNV

23.7 ± 17.7%

24.6 ± 17.1%

ns

 

n:47.4 ± 35.3

n:49.2 ± 34.3

ns

>60-≤120 days (n:85)

   

Normal

1.2 ± 1.5%

1.4 ± 2.2%

ns

 

n:2.4 ± 3.0

n:2.8 ± 4.5

ns

LNV

26.3 ± 18.3%

27.6 ± 19.2%

ns

 

n:52.7 ± 36.7

n:55.2 ± 38.4

ns

>120-≤180days (n:32)

   

Normal

1.4 ± 1.8%

1.4 ± 2.2%

ns

 

n:2.9 ± 3.7

n:2.2 ± 2.9

ns

LNV

24.4 ± 20.2%

27.6 ± 19.2%

ns

 

n:48.9 ± 40.5

n:41.6 ± 33.7

ns

>180 days (n:44)

   

Normal

2.0 ± 2.9%

1.7 ± 2.7%

ns

 

n:4.0 ± 5.9

n:3.5 ± 5.6

ns

LNV

26.1 ± 22.9%

29.6 ± 22.4%

ns

 

n:52.2 ± 45.8

59.3 ± 44.9

ns

  1. ns = not statistically significant