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Table 2 Characteristics of infertile men’ semen parameters between 2011 and 2017

From: Semen quality pattern and age threshold: a retrospective cross-sectional study of 71,623 infertile men in China, between 2011 and 2017

Year

n

Semen parameters [median (25–75)]

Semen volume(ml)

Sperm concentration(106/ml)

Sperm totalcount (106)

Sperm progressive motility (PR)

Total motile spermatozoa[(PR + NP)]

Immotile spermatozoa (IM)

Total motile sperm count (106)

2011

6236

3.2(2.4–4.1)

47.1(20.3–70.9)

143.8(70.1–214.0)

35.5(24.0–46.0)

46.5(38.5–61.9)

53.5(37.8–61.2)

73.8(34.2–117.5)

2012

8529

3.0(2.4–4.2)

51.6(21.0–82.5)

145.3(71.8–178.8)

33.4(25.1–36.9)

49.8(32.3–62.6)

50.2(36.8–68.3)

68.9(30.4–110.1)

2013

10,205

3.2(2.3–4.3)

41.2(18.2–61.3)

126.5(63.0–166.3)

35.2(28.3–37.6)

46.9(41.1–56.8)

53.0(46.1–70.3)

57.6(28.9–108.3)

2014

11,809

3.0(2.2–4.0)

52.1(26.6–85.1)

153.1(72.9–130.7)

35.1(22.1–47.2)

50.3(38.2–61.6)

49.7(38.3–61.8)

75.6(29.9–130.7)

2015

12,331

3.2(2.4–4.2)

40.1(23.5–52.3)

117.8(65.0–178.9)

37.8(28.4–44.9)

46.8(40.2–54.8)

53.2(45.2–59.4)

55.5(26.1–91.9)

2016

11,075

3.2(2.4–4.2)

48.3(28.4–70.2)

145.4(78.5–223.3)

38.1(26.1–46.6)

55.1(42.5–62.5)

44.8(37.3–57.4)

75.4(36.2–123.7)

2017

11,438

3.3(2.5–4.4)

43.6(31.2–59.6)

140.6(82.5–204.9)

36.1(25.5–43.9)

46.7(36.7–56.1)

53.2(43.8–63.1)

64.9(32.5–105.4)

P-valuea

 

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

<  0.001

P-valueb

 

> 0.1

> 0.1

> 0.1

> 0.1

> 0.1

> 0.1

> 0.1

Sen’s slope estimatec

Q

0.017

−0.583

−0.533

0.520

0.075

−0.075

− 0.800

B

3.13

47.10

143.80

34.16

46.75

53.15

69.70

  1. aThe Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the median value between groups
  2. bThe Mann-Kendall test was used to assess trends in semen parameters from 2011 to 2017
  3. cSen’s slope estimate:equation = Q*(year-firstYear) + B for a linear trend