Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index and sperm morphology

doi:10.16150/j.1671-2870.2018.01.018

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To study the correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) and sperm morphology in male semen. Methods: A total of 3 068 male subjects were enrolled and their semen samples were obtained and analyzed. According to the sperm DFI, the semen samples were divided into three groups: DFI<15%, 15%-30%, >30%. According to the percentage of spermatocytes with normal morphology, the sperm were divided into three groups: <4%, 4%-10%, > 10%. The relationship between DNA fragment index and sperm morphology in these groups was analyzed. Results: There was no significant difference in rates of normal morphology, head deformity and mixed deformity between groups with different sperm DFI index(P>0.05). There was no significant difference in sperm DFI between groups with different percen-tage of normal morphology of sperm. There was no significant correlation between different sperm normal morphology group and sperm DFI group(P>0.05). Conclusions: This study showed that there is no correlation between sperm DFI and sperm morphology.

Key words: The sperm DNA fragmentation index, Sperm morphology, Male infertility, Correlation

CLC Number:

R691.9

LIU Yiping, TANG Yuanyuan, XU Kui, TENG Xiaoming. Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation index and sperm morphology[J]. Journal of Diagnostics Concepts & Practice, 2018, 17(01): 98-101.

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