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Infertile Patients (n)
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Mean ± SD of CAG Repeats (range)
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| Authors |
Ethnic Origin |
Azoo. |
Oligo. |
Total |
Fertile Men (n) |
Infertile |
Fertile |
Signif. diff. between Two Groups (P) |
CAG Repeat Cutoff Point |
|
| Tut et al, 1997 |
Chinese |
... |
... |
153 |
72 |
... |
... |
Yes |
 27 |
| Giwercman et al, 1998 |
Swedish |
6 |
17 |
33 |
294 |
... |
... |
No |
... |
| Dowsing et al, 1999 |
Australian |
10 |
20 |
30 |
32 |
23.2 ± 0.7 (15-34) |
20.5 ± 0.3 (17-25) |
Yes (.0001) |
26 |
| Komori et al, 1999 |
Japanese |
... |
59 |
59 |
36 |
21.2 ± 4.2 (14-32) |
21.4 ± 3.5 (16-31) |
No |
<16 |
| Yoshida et al, 1999 |
Japanese |
41 |
... |
41 |
48 |
26.5 ± 3.5 (20-34) |
23.9 ± 2.9 (17-30) |
Yes (.001) |
31-40 |
| Dadze et al, 2000 |
German |
18 |
101 |
119 |
22 |
22.0 ± 3.2 (16-34) |
20.8 ± 3.3 (15-26) |
No |
... |
| Sasagawa et al, 2000 |
Japanese |
... |
... |
48 |
100 |
23.4 ± 0.5 (16-32) |
23.5 ± 0.3 (15-35) |
No |
... |
| Mifsud et al, 2001 |
USA |
23 |
72 |
95 |
55 |
21.9 ± 0.31 (14-31) |
20.7 ± 0.52 (8-27) |
Yes (.034) |
26 |
|
Singapore |
33 |
87 |
120 |
87 |
23.8 ± 0.4 (14-33) |
22.4 ± 0.32 (11-29) |
Yes (.043) |
26 |
| Patrizio et al, 2001 |
USA |
16 |
53 |
69 |
45 |
23.5 ± 3.4 (18-39) |
22.0 ± 2.8 (12-30) |
Yes (.03) |
... |
| Sasagawa et al, 2001 |
Japanese |
30 |
... |
30 |
51 |
23.4 ± 2.9 (19-30) |
23.7 ± 3.2 (17-28) |
No |
... |
| von Eckardstein et al, 2001 |
German |
... |
... |
43 |
131 |
... |
... |
No |
... |
| Yu and Handelsman, 2001 |
Australian |
54 |
... |
... |
106 |
19.8 (8-24) |
19 (5-28) |
No |
... |
| Wallerand et al, 2001 |
French |
37 |
... |
37 |
50 |
23.9 ± 0.5 (13-28) |
22.2 ± 0.4 (17-27) |
Yes (.008) |
... |
| Present study, 2002 |
Spanish |
102 |
... |
102 |
96 |
23.2 ± 2.8 (14-30) |
22.4 ± 2.8 (15-34) |
Yes (.033) |
23/27 |
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