Motilidad y morfología espermática, en estudiantes de la Universidad de Oriente

SUMMARY Objective: To evaluate motility and sperm morphology in students of the Universidad de Oriente. Method: We performed semen analysis to 100 students from the Universidad de Oriente, Nuclei Sucre, Cumana, Venezuela, according to WHO criteria, 1999, and applied to the data a simple linear regression analysis with a confidence level of 95 %. Results: Diagnosis was 12 % asthenozoospermic, 11 % oligozoospermic and 9.% oligoasthenozoospermic. The asthenozoospermic, had a moderate negative linear correlation between motility and principal piece abnormalities (r =- 0.58) statistically significant. In oligoasthenozoospermic there was a moderate negative correlation (r =-0.57) between motility and abnormalities of the head, not statistically significant. Conclusion: We suggest that the probable cause of altered motility is principal tail defects and excess residual cytoplasm in sperm asthenozoospermic students, and abnormalities in sperm head oligoasthenozoospermic.