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African Journal of Urology

Table 3 Correlations between sperm parameters and the indicators of chromatin integrity and anti-/oxidation status

From: Effects of adverse semen parameters on total oxidation status and DNA/chromatin integrity

Variable

CMA3

TB

TAC

TOS

Sperm concentration

 − 0.47**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.31*

(0.02)

0.46**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.30*

(0.02)

Progressive motility

 − 0.47**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.30*

(0.02)

0.46**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.34**

(0.01)

Normal morphology

 − 0.61**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.62**

(< 0.001)

0.53**

(< 0.001)

 − 0.45**

(< 0.001)

  1. The Spearman correlation test was used. In each cell, the top value is r while the bottom data represents the P-value. The P-value < 0.05 indicated statistical significance
  2. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
  3. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
  4. CMA3 Chromomycin A3; TB Toluidine blue; TAC Total antioxidant capacity; TOS Total oxidant status
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