From: Diet-induced obesity in rats leads to a decrease in sperm motility
 | 15 weeks | 30 weeks | 45 weeks | |||
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 | 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 |