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Predicting the success of in vitro fertilization: Conventional semen analysis compared to the hamster ova penetration test
Author(s) -
Abt Markus,
Strehler Erwin,
Rosenbusch Bernd,
Sterzik Karl
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780141609
Subject(s) - hamster , semen , in vitro fertilisation , andrology , human fertilization , semen analysis , infertility , male infertility , penetration (warfare) , biology , medicine , mathematics , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , pregnancy , operations research
In vitro fertilization has been advocated as a possible treatment for male factor infertility. Using data collected on 154 men, conventional semen analysis and the hamster ova penetration test are compared with respect to their power in predicting the success of assisted conception. As performing the hamster test is more expensive than the semen analysis, we also investigate a combined strategy. It performs better than the discrimination based solely on the semen parameters, but does not lead to an improvement over the overall discriminatory power obtained from the hamster test alone.