Chromosomal abnormalities and Y chromosome microdeletions in infertile men from Morocco

BMC Urology

Table 2 Type and frequency of chromosomal anomalies in 573 Moroccan infertile men

	Non-obstructive Azoospermia	Severe Oligospermia	Overall those with counts < 5 million/ml
Sex Chromosome
Aberrations
47 ; XXY	8.79 % (39/444)	1.55 % (2/129)	7.16 % (41/573)
Mosaic 46 ;XY/47 ;XXY	0.46 % (2/444)	0 % (0/129)	0.35 % (2/573)
47 ;XYY	0.23 % (1/444)	0 % (0/129)	0.18 % (1/573)
45 ;X(15 %)/46 ;XY(85 %)	0.68 % (3/444)	0 % (0/129)	0.53 % (3/573)
46 ;X, del Y q11	0.68 % (3/444)	0 % (0/129)	0.53 % (3/573)
XX males (46 ;XX)	1.36 % (6/444)	0 % (0/129)	1.05 % (6/573)
Subtotal	12.2 % (54/444)	1.55 % (2/129)	9.8 % (56/573)
Autosomal Chromosome
Abnormalities
Inversion	0.9 % (4/444)	0 % (0/129)	0.7 % (4/573)
46 ;XY, inv 9 (p11 ;p13)
Total	13.06 % (58/444)	1.55 % (2/129)	10.47 % (60/573)

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