Relationship between Serum Anti-mullerian Hormone and Sperms Characteristics in Infertile Iraqi Men

Zainab Ali Jaber; Wasan Abbas Ali; Ali  Ibrahim Rahim; Amal Abdulwahid Mohammed

doi:10.28969/IJEIR.v14.i2.r4.24

Authors

Zainab Ali Jaber High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University
Wasan Abbas Ali Martyr Mohammed Baqer AL-Hakim Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.
Ali Ibrahim Rahim College of Medicine / University of Al-Ameed/Al-Kafeel IVF Center, Karbala, Iraq.
Amal Abdulwahid Mohammed The High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28969/IJEIR.v14.i2.r4.24

Keywords:

BMI, Serum

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the research was to investigate the potential correlation between serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and sperm parameters such as sperm concentration, sperm count, and sperm motility and sperms morphology.

Participants/materials, methods:100 male patients voluntarily participated in the study at a private andrology clinic in Al Najaf Al Ashraf city, Iraq, between October 2023 and November 2023. The patients were divided into four groups: 26 patients with oligozoospermia, 21 patients with asthenozoospermia, 28 patients with oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT), and those with normozoospermia. Semen quality was evaluated by conducting a semen analysis according to with the 2021 World Health Organization guidelines. The ELISA method was employed to measure the levels of AMH in serum samples. Biotechnology Instrument, USA, manufactured the ELIZA components that were used.

Results: The average age of the participants was 30.85 ± 0.70 years, BMI was 27.60 ± 0.58 kg/m² and serum AMH was 2.08 ± 0.11 ng/ml. We did not find any negative or positive correlation between AMH levels in the blood with sperm concentration, sperm count, sperm motility, and sperm morphology in all study groups.

Conclusion: The results of this study showed that serum AMH is an unreliable marker for predicting spermatogenic abnormalities.

Key words: anti-Mullerian hormone / seminal plasma / sperm count / sperm motility / serum / sertoli cells.

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