title: Predicting the success of in vitro fertilization: conventional semen analysis compared to the hamster ova penetration test.
abstract: In vitro fertilization has been advocated as a possible treatment for male factor infertility. Using data collected on 154 men, conventional semen analysis and the hamster ova penetration test are compared with respect to their power in predicting the success of assisted conception. As performing the hamster test is more expensive than the semen analysis, we also investigate a combined strategy. It performs better than the discrimination based solely on the semen parameters, but does not lead to an improvement over the overall discriminatory power obtained from the hamster test alone.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011247:Pregnancy; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D016896:Treatment Outcome