Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the characteristics of the participating individuals
Parameter | Infertile patients (n = 11) | Healthy semen donors (n = 10) | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Mean | SD | Range | Median | Mean | SD | Range | ||
Age (y.) | 42.0 | 41.5 | 4.9 | 35–50 | 33.0 | 34.9 | 5.8 | 27–44 | 0.006 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.9 | 24.8 | 3.3 | 21.7–31.4 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 2.9 | 20.0–29.3 | 0.123 |
RR systolic (mm Hg) | 128.0 | 129.5 | 15.6 | 109–155 | 124 | 127.4 | 14.8 | 111–157 | 0.429 |
RR diastolic (mm Hg) | 74.0 | 75.1 | 9.6 | 63–93 | 75.5 | 73.5 | 10.2 | 55–91 | 0.500 |
AGD (mm) | 35.0 | 35.0 | 7.4 | 25–44 | 69.0 | 70.2 | 8.2 | 58–87 |  < 0.0001 |
Testicular volume (ml) | 42.0 | 33.9 | 11.8 | 22–55 | 69.0 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 40–70 | 0.004 |
LH (IU/l) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 3.0–7.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 2.5–6.5 | 0.363 |
FSH (U/l) | 5.2 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.8–8.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 1.7–8.1 | 0.066 |
Testosterone (nmol/l) | 14.9 | 18.1 | 9.2 | 7.0–33.6 | 21.2 | 20.5 | 5.4 | 12.6–30.6 | 0.138 |
Sperm concentration (mill./ml) | 43.7 | 69.4 | 48.9 | 19.3–158 | 57.1 | 71.3 | 55.7 | 18.1–211 | 0.484 |
Progressive motility (%) | 44.0 | 42.2 | 20.2 | 14–80 | 44.5 | 47.0 | 14.0 | 28–72 | 0.298 |
Normal morphology (%) | 13.6 | 12.5 | 5.8 | 1.8–21.6 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 5.9–18 | 0.323 |
DNA fragmentation (%) | 32.5 | 29.5 | 8.6 | 22.1–51.5 |  |  |  |  |  |