TITLE:
Low Sperm Counts: Biophysical Profiles of Oligospermic Males in Sub-Saharan Africa
AUTHORS:
Abayomi B. Ajayi, Bamgboye M. Afolabi, Victor D. Ajayi, Ifeoluwa Oyetunji
KEYWORDS:
Oligospermia, Age, Body Mass Index, Male Infertility, Sperm Cell Defects,
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Urology,
Vol.8 No.8,
August
23,
2018
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Male infertility is a public health burden and a psychological dilemma in the life of the affected man. Subjects and Methods: A total of 911 men were studied retrospectively, from 2010 to 2015. Among these, 49.7% had normal sperm count, 39.3% were oligospermic and 12.0% were azoosper-mic. Azoospermic men were withdrawn from this study solely to investigate the seminal fluid parameters and the biophysical characteristics of oligospermic men in contrast to those with normal sperm count. Age was stratified into