Table 1 Comparison of semen and sperm parameters between the healthy fertile men, bacteriospermic and non-bacteriospermic subfertile men

No.

35

112

60

Age (year)

36.14 ± 18.14

34.24 ± 21.12

35.70 ± 10.83

Volume (mL)

4.05 ± 0.87

4.19 ± 0.90

3.91 ± 1.49

Sperm concentration (10⁶/mL)

75.36 ± 34.12

33.04 ± 11.60 *

24.84 ± 15.93 *

Motility (%)

67.23 ± 20.65

31.71 ± 11.09 *

24.04 ± 11.82 ** #

Progressive motility (%)

39.33 ± 8.06

16.50 ± 7.85 *

11.30 ± 6.80 ** #

Leukocytospermia (10⁶/mL)

1.80 ± 1.90

4.12 ± 3.80 *

5.42 ± 5.49 ** #

DNA Fragmentation (%)

14.33 ± 10.97

23.50 ± 12.81

42.21 ± 19.31 * #

Viability (%)

85.03 ± 13.17

67.67 ± 16.62

55.91 ± 13.56 * #

Normal morphology (%)

6.03 ± 1.05

2.83 ± 1.32 *

1.75 ± 1.13** #