A multicenter study to evaluate oxidative stress by oxidation-reduction potential, a reliable and reproducible method
A multicenter study to evaluate oxidative stress by oxidation-reduction potential, a reliable and reproducible method
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DOI:
10.1111/andr.12395
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发表时间:
2017-09-01
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4.5
通讯作者:
Elbardisi, H.
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作者:
Agarwal, A.;Arafa, M.;Elbardisi, H.
Seminal oxidative stress (OS) is well-known to affect male fertility status. The discrepancy in OS measurement has hindered its clinical use as a quality indicator for semen. Some tests measured single markers of oxidants or reductants, leading to lack of standardization of results. Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) is a better representative for OS as it provides an overall measure of the activity of both oxidants and reductants. ORP assessment by MiOXSYS has been introduced as a measure of OS with high specificity in differentiating fertile from infertile semen samples. This is a retrospective study comparing data from semen analysis and ORP measurements between two andrology laboratories in the USA and Qatar over a period of 12months. The same protocol was followed by both laboratories. The USA dataset contained 194 patients and 51 fertile donors, while the Qatar dataset contained 400 patients and 50 fertile donors. In both datasets and in the combined dataset, the infertile group had significantly lower sperm concentration, total and progressive motility, and normal morphology as well as higher ORP levels compared to fertile men (p