Impact of World Health Organization (WHO) new standards on the referral pattern of infertile men for assisted reproduction

Table 1 New WHO sperm morphology cutoff and its impact on IUI/ART referrals

Parameter	Group A (WHO 4^th Edition)		Group B (WHO 5^th Edition)
	n	%	n	%
Number of patients	200	100	162	100
WHO Abnormal Sperm Morphology	153	76.5	50	30.9^a
New referral for IUI/IVF/ICSI	143	71.5	86	53.1^a
IUI	94	65.7	60	70
IVF/ ICSI	49	34.3	26	30^a
WHO Abnormal Sperm Morphology among IUI or IVF/ICSI Referrals	107	74.8	23	26.7^a

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