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Table 4 Sperm counts in rats from SD and HFD groups

From: Diet-induced obesity in rats leads to a decrease in sperm motility

 

15 weeks

30 weeks

45 weeks

 

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

SD

HFD

Sperm number in the testis (×106)

291.70 ± 6.02Aa

294.02 ± 8.25Aa

228.42 ± 12.30Ba

248.05 ± 13.56Ba

233.92 ± 9.64Ba

239.54 ± 19.73Ba

Daily sperm production (×106/testis/day)

47.82 ± 0.99Aa

48.20 ± 1.35Aa

37.45 ± 2.02Ba

40.66 ± 2.22Ba

38.35 ± 1.58Ba

39.27 ± 3.24Ba

Sperm number in the caput/corpus epididymis (×106)

171.32 ± 7.97Aa

171.77 ± 8.2Aa

142.44 ± 14.01Aa

152.26 ± 6.13Aa

172.58 ± 8.99Aa

162.86 ± 18.06Aa

Sperm transit time in the caput/corpus (days)

3.62 ± 0.17Aa

3.58 ± 0.15Aa

4.22 ± 0.26ABa

3.83 ± 0.22Aa

4.52 ± 0.21Ba

4.26 ± 0.42Aa

Sperm number in the cauda epididymis (×106)

347.61 ± 17.72Aa

330.30 ± 13.3Aa

243.82 ± 31.46Ba

320.94 ± 16.77Ab

291.78 ± 14.44ABa

281.57 ± 24.61Aa

Sperm transit time in the cauda (days)

7.35 ± 0.41Aa

6.85 ± 0.2Aa

6.6 ± 0.81Aa

8.02 ± 0.43Aa

7.74 ± 0.50Aa

7.30 ± 0.68Aa

N

11

13

12

11

11

9

  1. Data expressed as means ± SEM. The capital letters refer to comparison between times, while lower case letters refer to the comparison between SD and HFD groups. Different letters indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05, Two-Way ANOVA, post hoc Tukey Test)