Table 4

- Prevalence of Y chromosome microdeletion in infertile men of different Middle Eastern countries.

CountriesTotal no. of patientsNumber of patients with microdeletionsPrevalencesPatientsRefs.
Qatar17921.11Azoospermic and oligozoospermic20
Lebanon24162.5Azoospermic and oligozoospermic21
Iraq1034240.7Azoospermic and oligozoospermic22
Iran992424.2Azoospermic and oligozoospermic23
Egypt541120.4Azoospermic24
Tunisia8489.52Azoospermic and oligozoospermic25
Middle East, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates880667.5Azoospermic26
Tunisia146106.85Azoospermic and oligozoospermic27
Iran95015212.1Azoospermic and oligozoospermic28
Jordan14275Azoospermic29