Appendix 6: Reference Values Of Semen Variables - MES SQA-V Gold User Manual

User Guide Version 2.60 I-button WHO 5th

APPENDIX 6: Reference Values of Semen Variables

SEMEN PARAMETER
Sperm Concentration (Count)
Total Motility (PR+NP)
Progressive Motility (PR)
Non-progressive Motility (NP)
Immotility (IM)
Sperm Morphology (normal forms, %)
Motile Sperm Concentration
Progressively Motile Sperm
Concentration
Functional Sperm Concentration
Velocity (Average path velocity – VAP)
Sperm Motility Index
Total Sperm Number
Total Motile Sperm
Total Progressively Motile Sperm
Total Functional Sperm
Total Morphologically Normal Sperm
The ranges established above are based on WHO 5
Revision 21_Sep_2015
SQA-V
TEST NAME
SPERM CONC.
TOTAL MOTILITY
<PR+NP>
PROG. MOTILITY
<PR>
NONPROG. MOTILITY
<NP>
IMMOTILITY <IM>
MORPH. NORM
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FORMS, WHO 5
MSC
PMSC
FSC
VELOCITY
SMI
SPERM #
MOT. SPERM
PROG. SPERM
FUNC. SPERM
MORPH. NORM.
SPERM
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reference values or MES (for proprietary semen parameters).
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REFERENCE
RANGE*
≥15 M/ml WHO 5
≥40 % WHO 5
≥32 % WHO 5
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-
≥4% WHO 5
≥6 M/ml
≥5 M/ml
-
≥5 mic./sec.
≥80
≥39 M WHO 5
≥16 M
≥12 M
-
≥2 M
SOURCE
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manual*
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manual*
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manual*
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manual*
MES*
MES*
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MES*
MES*
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manual*
MES*
MES*
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MES*