MES SQA-V Gold - APPENDIX 6: Reference Values of Semen Variables

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User Guide Version 2.60 I-button WHO 5th
APPENDIX 6: Reference Values of Semen Variables
SEMEN PARAMETER
SQA-V
TEST NAME
REFERENCE
RANGE*
SOURCE
Sperm Concentration (Count) SPERM CONC. ≥15 M/ml WHO 5
th
manual*
Total Motility (PR+NP)
TOTAL MOTILITY
<PR+NP>
≥40 % WHO 5
th
manual*
Progressive Motility (PR)
PROG. MOTILITY
<PR>
≥32 %
WHO 5
th
manual*
Non-progressive Motility (NP)
NONPROG. MOTILITY
<NP>
- -
Immotility (IM) IMMOTILITY <IM> - -
Sperm Morphology (normal forms, %)
MORPH. NORM
FORMS, WHO 5
th
≥4% WHO 5
th
manual*
Motile Sperm Concentration MSC ≥6 M/ml MES*
Progressively Motile Sperm
Concentration
PMSC ≥5 M/ml MES*
Functional Sperm Concentration FSC - -
Velocity (Average path velocity – VAP) VELOCITY ≥5 mic./sec. MES*
Sperm Motility Index SMI ≥80 MES*
Total Sperm Number SPERM # ≥39 M WHO 5
th
manual*
Total Motile Sperm MOT. SPERM ≥16 M MES*
Total Progressively Motile Sperm PROG. SPERM ≥12 M MES*
Total Functional Sperm FUNC. SPERM - -
Total Morphologically Normal Sperm
MORPH. NORM.
SPERM
≥2 M MES*
The ranges established above are based on WHO 5
th
reference values or MES (for proprietary semen parameters).