无精子症患者瘦素水平及其临床应用价值初探

目的:检测无精子症患者的精浆及血清瘦素(leptin,Lep)水平,探索精浆、血清Lep单独以及联合血清卵泡刺激素(FSH)鉴别梗阻性无精子症(OA)和非梗阻性无精子症(NOA)的方法及意义。方法:选取OA患者45例、原因不明的NOA患者41例,精液参数正常对照30例。无精子症患者行附睾/睾丸细针穿刺精子抽吸术及睾丸活检,所有研究对象均检测血清FSH、精浆及血清Lep。用Fisher判别分析结合ROC曲线法,对单个或多个联合指标进行分析评价。结果:在体重指数无差别的情况下,与精液参数正常对照者相比,OA患者精浆Lep水平显著增高,有统计学意义(P=0.048);NOA患者血清FSH(P=0.000)、血清Lep(P=0.000)及精浆Lep(P=0.000)都显著增高。与OA患者相比,NOA患者血清FSH(P=0.000)、血清Lep(P=0.006)及精浆Lep(P=0.033)都显著增高。在区别OA及NOA方面,精浆Lep及血清Lep的ROC曲线下面积(AUCROC)分别为0.658、0.702,均显著大于0.5,P值分别为0.014、0.002;精浆Lep、血清Lep及FSH三者联合,AUCROC最大(0.953),且以0.026×精浆Lep+0.05×血清Lep+0.106×FSH-2.197为联合指标值,以-0.289为临界值(≥临界值,判定为NOA),其敏感度及特异度均达到最高,分别为0.878及0.902。结论:在鉴别OA和NOA方面,精浆及血清Lep水平有一定价值,联合精浆Lep、血清Lep及FSH,可能优于单个指标。

Leptin level in azoospermic patients and its clinical value

Objective: To detect the levels of seminal plasma leptin(SPL) and serum leptin(SL) in patients with azoospermia,and to explore the methods of using SPL and SL alone or the combination of SPL,SL and follicle stimulating hormone(FSH) for the differential diagnosis of obstructive azoospermia(OA) and non-obstructive azoospermia(NOA).Methods: We enrolled in this study 45 patients with diagnosed OA,41 with unexplained NOA and 30 men with normal semen parameters as controls.The azoospermia patients underwent percu...