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Journal of Andrology, Vol 9, Issue 6 384-389, Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Andrology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Diagnostic value of sperm function tests and routine semen analyses in fertile and infertile men

C. Wang, S. Y. Chan, M. Ng, W. W. So, W. L. Tsoi, T. Lo and A. Leung
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.

The results of routine semen analyses, the zona-free hamster oocyte penetration test, the hypoosmotic swelling test, and semen adenosine triphosphate levels were studied in 66 fertile and 130 infertile men. Multivariate discriminant analysis demonstrated that routine semen parameters including semen volume, sperm count, percent sperm motility, and percent normal spermatozoa in combination could predict the fertility of these patients with 70.4% accuracy. Of the three sperm function tests evaluated, the zona-free hamster oocyte penetration test and the hypoosmotic swelling test were selected by the multivariate discriminant analysis as variables capable of providing significant information on the fertility status of the patients. However, the addition of the results of these two tests to the routine semen analysis did not significantly improve the predictability of fertility. The overall correct prediction rate was 77.6% after incorporation of the results of these two sperm function tests. In this group of subjects, the presently available sperm function tests did not predict the fertility status of a patient with a high degree of accuracy.


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