Table 2 Semen parameters of normozoospermic fertile controls (NF) and infertile patients: oligo/oligoastheno-zoospermic (O/OA), normozoospermic infertile (NI) and asthenozoospermic (A)

Discovery Phase

NF

O/OA

NI

A

Average sperm concentration (million/ml) ± SD

91.95 ± 38.12

7.19 ± 3.17***

74.2 ± 34.86 ^ns

49.2 ± 33.19***

Average sperm motility (%) ± SD

51.7 ± 10.77

20.19 ± 14.75***

51.35 ± 10.20 ^ns

17.7 ± 4.12***

Average Age (years) ± SD

32.75 ± 3.97

33.19 ± 5.24

33.65 ± 3.42

33.85 ± 3.42

Validation Phase

NF

O/OA

NI

A

Average sperm concentration (million/ml) ± SD

71.29 ± 28.33

6.45 ± 3.48***

59 ± 27.05 ^ns

45.75 ± 27.54***

Average sperm motility (%) ± SD

50.20 ± 8.90

16.91 ± 10.16***

42.5 ± 8.17*

18.5 ± 4.89***

Average Age (years) ± SD

33.55 ± 3.26

33.2 ± 4.42

34.65 ± 4.18

35.95 ± 3.63