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The statistical foundation of the reference population for semen analysis included in the sixth edition of the WHO manual: a critical reappraisal of the evidence
Human Reproduction ( IF 6.0 ) Pub Date : 2022-07-18 , DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac161
Alessio Paffoni 1 , Edgardo Somigliana 2, 3 , Luca Boeri 4 , Paola Viganò 2
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In the most recent version of the ‘WHO Laboratory Manual For The Examination And Processing Of Human Semen’, the updated target population used to infer reference values included 3589 fertile subjects, representative of 12 countries and 5 continents, and 10 studies. We have critically evaluated the newly proposed distribution of semen examination results using an approach borrowed from clinical chemistry laboratories and based on the recommendations of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry for estimation of reference intervals. Surprisingly, most prerequisites to produce common reference intervals through multicentric data were not met. Moreover, when we assessed with the bootstrap method the descriptive reference values obtained from raw data of the 10 individual studies for sperm concentration, sperm number, motility and normal forms, we found that none of the populations was completely correctly described by the reference centiles. We concluded that aggregated data used to build the reference distribution cannot be considered to originate from the same population, and this can result from real differences among individuals or different methodological approaches used in the various studies. Transferability conditions across studies did not seem to have been met. Our findings strengthen the relevance of concerns regarding the use of reference populations in the World Health Organization manual to discriminate between fertile and infertile men.

中文翻译:

世界卫生组织手册第六版中精液分析参考人群的统计基础:对证据的批判性重新评估

在最新版本的《世界卫生组织人类精液检查和处理实验室手册》中,用于推断参考值的更新目标人群包括 3589 名有生育能力的受试者,代表 12 个国家和 5 个大洲,以及 10 项研究。我们使用从临床化学实验室借来的方法并根据国际临床化学联合会关于估计参考区间的建议,对新提出的精液检查结果分布进行了批判性评估。令人惊讶的是,通过多中心数据产生共同参考区间的大多数先决条件都没有得到满足。此外,当我们用 bootstrap 方法评估从 10 项个体研究的精子浓度、精子数量、运动和正常形式,我们发现没有一个种群被参考百分位数完全正确描述。我们得出的结论是,用于构建参考分布的汇总数据不能被认为来自同一人群,这可能是由于个体之间的实际差异或各种研究中使用的不同方法造成的。似乎没有满足跨研究的可转移性条件。我们的研究结果加强了关于使用世界卫生组织手册中的参考人群来区分可育和不育男性的担忧的相关性。我们得出的结论是,用于构建参考分布的汇总数据不能被认为来自同一人群,这可能是由于个体之间的实际差异或各种研究中使用的不同方法造成的。似乎没有满足跨研究的可转移性条件。我们的研究结果加强了关于使用世界卫生组织手册中的参考人群来区分可育和不育男性的担忧的相关性。我们得出的结论是,用于构建参考分布的汇总数据不能被认为来自同一人群,这可能是由于个体之间的实际差异或各种研究中使用的不同方法造成的。似乎没有满足跨研究的可转移性条件。我们的研究结果加强了关于使用世界卫生组织手册中的参考人群来区分可育和不育男性的担忧的相关性。
更新日期:2022-07-18
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