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Table 4. Comparison of differences in basic sperm parameters and the incidence of DNA fragmentation in the antioxidant treatment and the placebo groups after the treatment period^*

	Percent
Group	Sperm Concentration	Sperm Motility	Normal Sperm Forms	TUNEL-Positive Spermatozoa

Antioxidant	53.4 ± 95.5 ${dagger}$	2.9 ± 10.8 ${dagger}$	-21.1 ± 133.9 ${dagger}$	-58.4 ± 27.8 ${ddagger}$
Placebo	12.2 ± 74.3 ${dagger}$	6.0 ± 13.3 ${dagger}$	-4.4 ± 24.9 ${dagger}$	6.6 ± 12.1 ${ddagger}$

*Data are mean ± SD. TUNEL indicates terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase–mediated dUTP nick-end labeling
${dagger}$ P > .05
${ddagger}$ P < .001

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