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Genetic factors account for 10\u201315% of male infertility. Microdeletions of azoospermia factors (AZF) on the Yq region are the second most frequent spermatogenesis disorder among infertile men after Klinefelter syndrome. We detected in our previous study a frequency of 37.5% AZF microdeletions which investigated mainly the AZFb and AZFc. We attempted in this study for the first time to evaluate the frequencies of all AZF sub-regions microdeletions and to analyze reproductive hormonal profiles in idiopathic cases of azoospermic and oligozoospermic men from Sudan.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A group of 51 medically fit infertile men were subjected to semen analysis. Four couples have participated in this study as a control group. Semen analysis was performed according to WHO criteria by professionals at Elsir Abu-Elhassan Fertility Centre where samples have been collected. We detected 12 STSs markers of Y chromosome AZF microdeletions using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Analysis of reproductive hormone levels including Follicle Stimulating, Luteinizing, and Prolactin hormones was performed using ELISA. Comparisons between outcome groups were performed using Student\u2019s t-test Chi-square test or Fisher\u2019s exact test.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>AZF microdeletion was identified in 16 out of 25 Azoospermic and 14 out of 26 of the Oligozoospermic. Microdeletion in the AZFa region was the most frequent among the 30 patients (N\u2009=\u200911) followed by AZFc, AZFd (N\u2009=\u20094 for each) and AZFb (N\u2009=\u20093). Among the Oligozoospermic participants, the most frequent deletions detected were in the AZFa region (N\u2009=\u200910 out of 14) and was significantly associated with Oligozoospermic phenotype, Fisher's Exact Test (2-sided)<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.009. Among the Azoospermic patients, the deletion of the AZFc region was the most frequent (N\u2009=\u20099 out of 16) and was significantly associated with Azoospermia phenotype Fisher's Exact Test<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.026. There was a significant difference in Y chromosome microdeletion frequency between the two groups. The hormonal analysis showed that the mean levels of PRL, LH, and FSH in Azoospermic patients were slightly higher than those in oligozoospermic. A weak negative correlation between prolactin higher level and Azoospermic patients was detected. (AZFa r\u2009=\u20090.665 and 0.602,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.000 and 0.0004, AZFb r\u2009=\u20090.636 and 0.409,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.000 and 0.025, and AZFd r\u2009=\u20090.398 and 0.442,<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.029 and 0.015). The correlation was positive for AZFa and negative for AZFb and AZFd.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>We concluded in this study that the incidences of microdeletions of the Y chromosome confined to AZF a, b, c and d regions is 58.8% in infertile subjects with 31.4% were Azoospermic and 27.5% were Oligozoospermic. This might provide a piece of evidence that these specified regions of the Y chromosome are essential for controlling spermatogenesis. 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