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Correlation between sperm Parameters with hormonal
profile in infertile patients
Ahmed N. Altimimi1*, Mohsin K. Almurshdi2
Department of laboratory investigation, College of Science, Kufa university, Iraq1,2
Corresponding Author: 1*
ABSTRACT— To investigation the correlation between reproductive hormones (FSH, LH and
Testosterone) with the semen parameters (semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility and normal
morphology percent) of infertile patient. The study was carried out in the Fertility Center in AL–Sader
Medical City and local laboratories, through January 2022 to April 2022. Semen samples were obtained
from fifty (50) infertile men. The Parameters for the semen analysis were analyzed and classified according
to the WHO criteria (WHO, 1999). Patients should give their semen for analysis in the laboratory by
masturbation. All patients should have at least two separate samples to be analyzed, the second sample
collected by blood aspiration and used the centrifuge to separated the serum, the VIDAS® device is used to
determine the hormones rate. The significant negative correlation (P<0.05) for two hormones the follicle
stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone with all Sperm parameters, in addition to that the significant
positive correlation (P<0.05) between testosterone hormone and all sperm parameters: Semen volume (r=
0.211) Sperm concentration, (r=0.612), Progressive motility Percent (A+B) (r=0.355) and normal
morphology percent (r=0.312) respectively. Increase Levels of LH and FSH hormones as well as to decrease
levels of testosterone negatively affect the sperm parameters of infertile Patients.
KEYWORDS: FSH, LH, Testosterone, semen, seminal fluid analysis.
