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Table 1 Seminal quality of fertile and infertile Indian men

From: Decline in seminal quality in Indian men over the last 37 years

Variables

Fertile

Infertile

Total

p value (Fertile vs. Infertile)

n

Mean ± SD, Range Median

n

Mean ± SD, Range Median

n

Mean ± SD, Range Median

Semen volume (ml)

53

2.88 ± 0.77

(1.16–4.70)

2.90

22

3.07 ± 1.27

(1.50–7.60)

2.81

75

2.94 ± 0.94

(1.16–7.60)

2.85

0.431

Sperm concentration (million/ml)

112

81.08 ± 29.21

(22.00–175.00)

76.23

59

37.94 ± 26.41

(1.60–113.50)

32.16

171

66.20 ± 34.90

(1.60–175.00)

68.00

< 0.001

Total motility (%)

89

66.37 ± 10.95

(36.70–90.00)

66.80

44

40.22 ± 13.76

(7.50–82.66)

39.85

133

57.71 ± 17.15

(7.50–90.00)

58.60

< 0.001

Rapid linear progressive motility (%)

30

52.64 ± 15.78

(9.27–74.10)

57.02

21

26.79 ± 15.47

(1.40–51.14)

32.00

51

42.00 ± 20.13

(1.40–74.10)

41.20

< 0.001

Normal morphology (%)

62

56.68 ± 20.23

(17.00–98.00)

53.13

35

36.41 ± 21.66

(4.69–97.50)

30.81

97

49.37 ± 22.85

(4.69–98.00)

49.90

< 0.001

Viability (%)

30

72.63 ± 8.31

(54.90–90.81)

73.25

14

55.25 ± 11.99

(31.00–81.33)

55.33

44

67.10 ± 12.54

(31.00–90.81)

67.98

< 0.001

  1. Data were expressed as n (number of studies/data sets), Mean ± SD (standard deviation), range (min-max) and median. Fertile and infertile groups were compared by independent Student’s t test