Semen quality of partners of pregnant women (fertile men) and young men from the general population from the Copenhagen area in Denmark
| Partners pregnant women (N=349) | General population | |||||
| Total group (N=4867) | Subgroup (N=3921) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | Median (5–95) | Mean (SD) | Median (5–95) | Mean (SD) | Median (5–95) | |
| Semen volume (ml) | 3.8 (1.7) | 3.6 (1.1–6.7) | 3.4 (2.0) | 3.2 (1.3–6.0) | 3.4 (2.1) | 3.2 (1.3–5.9) |
| Sperm concentration (million/ml) | 77 (66) | 61 (10–207) | 60 (57) | 45 (3–163) | 61 (57) | 47 (4–166) |
| Total sperm count (million) | 276 (240) | 215 (32–795) | 193 (232) | 143 (9–529) | 197 (231) | 146 (10–531) |
| Normal morphology (%) | 9.3 (5.0) | 8.5 (2.0–18.5) | 7.1 (4.9) | 6.5 (0.5–16.0) | 7.2 (4.9) | 6.5 (0.5–16) |
| Total normal spermatozoa (million) | 30 (37) | 18 (1–111) | 16 (24) | 8 (0–57) | 17 (24) | 9 (0.1–59) |
| Progressive motile (%) | 51 (15) | 52 (25–72) | 57 (16) | 60 (24–77) | 57 (16) | 60 (24–77) |
| Motile (%) | 60 (12) | 61 (40–79) | 65 (15) | 68 (35–83) | 65 (15) | 68 (37–83) |
5–95: 5–95 percentile.
Subgroup: Men without adverse conditions ‘Been diagnosed as having…’, ‘Been treated for…’ or ‘Has…’ as described in table 1. Those that have caused a pregnancy are also included, irrespective of any adverse condition previously. See table 1 and text for further explanation.