The relationship of the postcoital test and semen characteristics to pregnancy rates in 200 presumed fertile couples.

Abstract

Measures predictive of pregnancy included vigorously moving sperm per high-power field, sperm concentration, motile sperm count, and percent motility. Mucus characteristics were not predictive of pregnancy. Additionally, a high number of sperm seen in the PCT correlated with a high number of motile sperm in the SA. These results support the use of the PCT for initial evaluation of the infertile couple.