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Table 1 Effect of cryopreservation on the motility parameters of human sperm frozen in cryostraw and cryovial

From: Differential motility parameters and identification of proteomic profiles of human sperm cryopreserved with cryostraw and cryovial

Group

Control (C)

Cryostraw (CS)

Cryovial (CV)

p value

C:CS

C:CV

CS:CV

MOT (%)

81.83 ± 5.71a

19.10 ± 4.67b

27.55 ± 9.60c

9.37E−18

3.55E−16

0.01

FAR (%)

63.36 ± 7.65a

9.72 ± 3.43b

15.48 ± 6.17c

1.06E−17

1.85E−16

0.04

VCL (μm/s)

39.26 ± 6.26a

27.69 ± 3.98b

27.78 ± 2.73b

5.11E−06

5.75E−06

0.97

VSL (μm/s)

14.49 ± 2.93a

9.31 ± 1.75b

9.64 ± 1.87b

2.00E−05

4.83E−05

0.75

VAP (μm/s)

23.95 ± 3.43a

16.19 ± 2.18b

16.29 ± 2.13b

5.07E−07

6.31E−07

0.93

LIN (%)

37.13 ± 5.45

33.62 ± 4.22

34.49 ± 4.13

0.10

0.21

0.68

STR (%)

60.33 ± 5.62

57.27 ± 6.63

58.77 ± 4.87

0.24

0.55

0.56

VIB (%)

61.31 ± 3.99

58.78 ± 4.67

58.59 ± 3.83

0.19

0.16

0.92

ALH (μm)

2.09 ± 0.31a

1.89 ± 0.28ab

1.82 ± 0.14b

0.09

0.03

0.54

  1. Different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)
  2. MOT motile sperm; FAR forward activity rate; VCL curvilinear velocity; VSL straight line velocity; VAP average path velocity; LIN linearity; STR straightness index; VIB vibration index; ALH amplitude of lateral head displacement