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African Journal of Urology

Table 3 Characteristics of the patients

From: Role of microsurgical varicocelectomy in the management of non-obstructive azoospermia with varicocele: our tertiary care centre experience

Variable

Cases (N = 104)

Control (N = 104)

p value

Age in years (mean ± SD, range)

31.8 ± 3.6 (26–42)

31.4 ± 3.3 (26–41)

0.43

Duration of infertility in year (mean, range)

2.9 + 1.2 (1–7)

2.7 + 1.4 (1–6)

0.51

Hormones level

FSH (mIU/mL)

14.8 + 5.4

16.02 + 6.2

0.13

LH (mIU/mL)

7.5 + 2.7

7.6 + 2.5

0.72

Testosterone (ng/mL)

4.3 + 2.0

4.6 + 1.8

0.19

Mean testicular volume (cm3)

17.7 ± 5.9

18.12 ± 5.6

0.60

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. ‘p’ values calculated using Student’s t test for quantitative variables and Chi-square test for qualitative variables—values less than 0.05 were taken as significant
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