Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 3. Adjusted thresholds based on the tenth percentile of the fertile population*
  Parameters   Threshold Values   +PV (%)   -PV (%)

  SC morphology   3%   81.8   36.9
  Progressive motility   28%   84.4   34.1
  Total normal motile count, million   0.35   86.2   34.1

  *+PV indicates positive predictive value; -PV, negative predictive value; SC, Tygerberg strict criteria for normal sperm morphology; total normal motile count, semen volume x % SC morphology x % progressive motility x sperm density.





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