Table 2 Causes of infertility, Sex Specific diagnosis and treatment Success
From: Pharmacotherapy of infertility in Ghana: retrospective study at the cape coast teaching hospital
Specific causes of couple infertility and treatment Success | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type of infertility | Causes of infertility n (%) | Treatment success | ||||
| Â | Idiopathic | Sperm anomalies | Ovulation dysfunction | Infections | Conception rate (%) | P value |
Primary (N = 271) | 112 (41.3) | 32 (11.8) | 87 (32.1) | 40 (14.8) | 71 (26.2) | P = 0.002 |
Secondary(N = 370) | 132 (35.7) | 59 (15.9) | 75 (20.3) | 104 (28.9) | 58 (15.7) | |
Subfertility(N = 184) | 79 (42.9) | 21 (11.4) | 53 (28.9) | 31 (16.8) | 31 (16.8) | |
Total no of couples (N = 825) | 323 (39.2) | 112 (13.6) | 215 (26.1) | 175 (21.1) | 160 (19.4) |  |
Sex specific diagnoses of infertility n (%) | ||||||
 OVULATION DYSFUNCTION (n = 215) | Anovulation | 82 (38.4) |  |  |  |  |
Oligo-ovulation | 107 (49.8) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
PCOS | 26 (12.1) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 SPERM ANOMALIES (n = 112) | Oligozoospermia | 65 (58.0) |  |  |  |  |
Oligoasthenozoospermia | 34 (30.4) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Azoospermia | 13 (11.6) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |