Journal of Andrology Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on the Epididymis
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Table 3. Androgen receptor CAG/GGN repeats; number of patients and fertile controls
      CAG Repeat
  GGN Repeat
  Study Groups   No. (%)   Mean (± SD)   Median (range)   Mean (± SD)   Median (range)

  Cryptorchidism   76 (100)   21.9 (2.5)   21 (17-30)   24.5* (2.4)   24 (18-26)
      Bilateral   49 (64.5)   22.4 (1.6)   22 (19-30)   24.6* (1.7)   24 (22-26)
      Unilateral   27 (35.5)   21.5 (0.8)   21 (17-29)   23.8* (1.6)   23 (18-24)
  Hypospadias   92 (100)   22.5 (3.2)   22 (16-29)   22.2 (3.1)   22 (13-25)
      Glaular hypospadias   42 (45.7)   22.6 (2.8)   22 (16-27)   21.6 (0.8)   21 (14-23)
      Penile hypospadias   19 (20.6)   22.7 (0.9)   23 (19-29)   23.9* (1.9)   23 (18-25)
      Penoscrotal hypospadias   31 (33.7)   21.3 (1.6)   21 (17-25)   22.7 (1.6)   22 (13-24)
  Healthy fertile controls   190   21.8 (2.8)   21 (16-28)   22.3 (2.1)   22 (11-24)

  *Statistically different from fertile controls (P = .001).





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