[Clinical studies on prognostic factors in predicting pregnancy]

During the 5-year period from January 1984 to December 1988, 1,025 men were investigated for infertility. The patients were classified according to WHO laboratory manual. Using life-table analysis, WHO's classification of semen analysis was a useful discriminant for infertility prognosis. The Cox's multiple regression model was employed to investigate the relationship between various semen characteristics and future fertility. The duration of infertility, sperm concentration, sperm progressive motility, the presence of female factor were independent and statistically significant factors which influence the cumulative probability of conception.