Orosomucoid Levels in the Seminal Plasma of Fertile and Infertile Men

Abstract

Orosomucoid levels were measured in the seminal plasma of 185 men divided in a) twelve groups according to etiological diagnosis of infertility and b) two groups on the basis of the normal or abnormal spermiogram. There was no significant difference of the concentration of seminal plasma orosomucoid between the controls and the patients of the other groups. There was no correlation between seminal plasma orosomucoid concentration and sperm concentration, as well as between seminal plasma orosomucoid level and sperm motility. The evaluation of orosomucoid in the seminal plasma is not of diagnostic value in the workup of male infertility.

Key Words:

• Infertility
• Orosomucoid
• Seminal plasma
• Semen.