Table 2 Patient histopathological characteristics
From: Relationship of genetic causes and inhibin B in non obstructive azoospermia spermatogenic failure
Biopsy | Non-biopsy | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hypospermatogenesis | Maturation arrest | Sertoli cell only | ||||
No | 169 | 64 | 45 | 44 | 322 | |
Age (y) | 27.78 ± 3.26 | 27.40 ± 3.29 | 30.33 ± 4.05 | 29.67 ± 4.09 | 29.83 ± 4.54 | 0.65(a) |
Testis volumn (ml) | 12.4 ± 4.3 | 10.7 ± 4.0 | 8.0 ± 1.4 | 1.5 ± 1.6 | 5.8 ± 5.4 | <0.05(a) |
FSH (mIU/ml) | 8.01 ± 3.57 | 14.74 ± 3.57 | 34.02 ± 7.02 | 35.65 ± 6.61 | 18.02 ± 7.16 | <0.05(a) |
Free testosterone (pg/ml) | 9.81 ± 1.73 | 8.69 ± 2.68 | 5.62 ± 1.73 | 2.55 ± 2.03 | 6.04 ± 3.06 | <0.05(a) |
Inhibin B (pg/ml) | 86.96 ± 40.97 | 39.72 ± 5.91 | 14.73 ± 2.23 | 10.71 ± 3.23 | 46.01 ± 43.17 | <0.05(a) |
Abnormal karyotypes (%) | 26(8.0) | 23(7.1) | 21(6.5) | 42(13.0) | 112(34.8) | <0.05(b) |
YCMD | 13(4.0) | 12(3.7) | 15(4.7) | 18(5.6) | 58(18.0) | <0.05(b) |