METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING MALE INFERTILITY

摘要

A method and apparatus for predicting male infertility, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for quantifying oxidative stress in a bodily sample obtained from a test subject. Such method and apparatus provide useful information to a trained medical professional for their diagnosis of diseases that are associated with, or caused by, oxidative stress. Such method is especially useful for predicting male infertility. The method comprises the steps of: determining the levels of reactive oxygen species in a bodily sample obtained from the subject; determining the antioxidant capacity of the bodily sample; generating a ROS-TAC score by obtaining a weighted sum of the ROS value and the TAC value. The apparatus quantifies oxidative stress in a bodily sample by means of a microprocessor for calculating the ROS-TAC score. The apparatus also includes a means for measuring the reactive oxygen species and total antioxidant content in a bodily sample.