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The relationship between DNA fragmentation and the intensity of morphologically abnormal human spermatozoa

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Objective:To determine the relationship between teratozoospermia and sperm DNA fragmentation(SDF)in the human ejaculate.Methods:This retrospective study included 100 normozoospermic men as a control cohort(abnormal forms>14%),210 patients with a high level of abnormal forms(≤4%)and 65 patients presenting with a moderate level of abnormal forms(>4%to≤14%)based on the World Health Organization definitions.Sperm morphology was assessed using bright field microscopy.Sperm DNA fragmentation was assessed using the sperm chromatin dispersion assay.Non-parametric analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between abnormal sperm morphology and sperm DNA fragmentation;receiver operating characteristic(ROC)analyses were conducted to assess sensitivity and specificity of this relationship.Results:A correlation analysis revealed that the higher the proportion of abnormal spermatozoa in the ejaculate,the higher the level of SDF(Spearman's Rho =-0.230;P<0.001).Significant differences in the proportion of SDF were found when all cohorts were compared(P<0.001);these significant differences were also retained when the different cohorts were compared pairwise.ROC analysis showed a moderate but significant predictive value for SDF to differentiate patients with different levels of teratozoospemia.Conclusions:Although analysis of a more continuous range of values for teratozoospermia would help further clarify any causal relationship with SDF,there is clearly a synergistic or coincident affiliation between these variables that needs to be acknowledged by the clinician when interpreting the spermiogram.

TeratozoospermiaSperm morphologySperm DNA fragmentationMale factorHuman reproductionHuman fertility

Mercedes González-Martínez、Pascual Sánchez-Martín、Carmen López-Fernández、Stephen D.Johnston、Jaime Gosálvez

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Clínica Ginemed,Unidad de Reproducción,Sevilla,Spain

Department of Biology,Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,Cantoblanco,Madrid,Spain

School of Environment,The University of Queensland,Gatton,Australia

School of Veterinary Science,The University of Queensland,Gatton,Australia

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2024

10.4103/apjr.apjr_42_23

亚太生殖杂志(英文版)

亚太生殖杂志(英文版)

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年,卷(期)：2024.13(1)
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