| |
|
|
Treatment Duration, mo
|
Serum FSH Level, mlU/mL
|
Testicular Volume, mL
|
TMSC, Millions
|
Group
|
n
|
Age, y
|
Pretreatment
|
Posttreatment
|
P value
|
Pretreatment
|
Posttreatment
|
P value
|
Pretreatment
|
Posttreatment
|
P value
|
| Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism |
21 |
23.19 ± 7.79 |
13.66 ± 4.77 |
0.71 ± 0.15 |
3.77 ± 0.39 |
.001 |
4.08 ± 0.57 |
12.38 ± 1.42 |
.001 |
0.00 ± 0.00 |
4.77 ± 1.3 |
.002 |
| Isolated FSH deficiency |
13 |
30.23 ± 7.01 |
12.11 ± 4.7 |
1.59 ± 0.21 |
4.81 ± 0.83 |
.004 |
16.46 ± 1.11 |
17.38 ± 1.11 |
.011 |
6.64 ± 3.27 |
32.4 ± 9.09 |
.003 |
| Idiopathic oligoasthenospermia |
16 |
31.43 ± 7.01 |
9.56 ± 3.22 |
7.18 ± 0.63 |
10.16 ± 0.86 |
.001 |
17.13 ± 0.84 |
17.25 ± 0.86 |
.544 |
2.18 ± 0.74 |
2.51 ± 0.85 |
.095 |
Maturation arrest
|
11
|
31.09 ± 4.52
|
7.45 ± 4.5
|
5.66 ± 1.43
|
8.41 ± 1.86
|
.004
|
15.09 ± 1.07
|
15.45 ± 1.03
|
.038
|
0.00 ± 0.00
|
0.02 ± 0.02
|
.323
|
|
| Abbreviations: FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; TMSC, total motile sperm
count. |
|
