Cementing the relationship between conventional and advanced semen parameters

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Table 2 Correlation analysis between sperm motility/velocity characteristics and advanced semen parameters

		O₂^−• (MFI)	TBARS (μmol/L)	CAT (U/mL)	SOD (U/mg)	DNA fragmented (%)
	Mean ± SEM	155.3 ± 16.82	24.25 ± 2.63	36.16 ± 1.5	4.09 ± 0.22	12.76 ± 0.8
Motility (%)	r	−0.27	−0.09	0.33	0.05	−0.21
	p	0.09	0.56	0.03	0.75	0.19
	Mean ± SEM	65.4 ± 2.71	61.6 ± 1.94	61.6 ± 1.94	61.6 ± 1.94	59.09 ± 2.24
Progressive motility (%)	r	−0.25	−0.30	0.31	0.13	−0.22
	p	0.12	0.05	0.04	0.41	0.17
	Mean ± SEM	52.0 ± 2.6	47.82 ± 1.85	47.82 ± 1.85	47.82 ± 1.85	45.67 ± 2.02
Rapid (%)	r	−0.26	−0.31	0.31	0.13	−0.22
	p	0.10	0.04	0.04	0.39	0.17
	Mean ± SEM	51.15 ± 2.63	46.72 ± 1.86	46.72 ± 1.86	46.72 ± 1.86	44.52 ± 2.03
Medium (%)	r	0.11	0.51	−0.15	−0.24	−0.03
	p	0.51	< 0.01	0.32	0.12	0.84
	Mean ± SEM	6.24 ± 0.35	6.6 ± 0.33	6.6 ± 0.33	6.6 ± 0.33	6.3 ± 0.39
Slow (%)	r	0.06	0.38	−0.05	−0.07	0.10
	p	0.72	0.01	0.73	0.67	0.54
	Mean ± SEM	8.0 ± 0.35	8.25 ± 0.4	8.25 ± 0.4	8.25 ± 0.4	8.22±

O₂^−• superoxide anion, MFI Median DHE fluorescence intensity, TBARS Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, CAT Catalase, SOD Superoxide dismutase