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Fig. 5 | Basic and Clinical Andrology

Fig. 5

From: Male obesity is associated with sperm telomere shortening and aberrant mRNA expression of autophagy-related genes

Fig. 5

Correlation of relative STL with age, BMI, DFI, percentage of sperm with immature chromatin, and intracellular ROS levels in patients with obesity. A STL was negatively correlated with age (P = 0.0012) in patients with obesity. B STL was negatively correlated with BMI (P = 0.0005) in patients with obesity. C STL was negatively correlated with DFI (P < 0.0001) in patients with obesity D STL was negatively correlated with percentage of sperm with immature chromatin (P = 0.0383) in patients with obesity. D STL was negatively correlated with intracellular ROS levels (P = 0.0062) in patients with obesity. F The heat map representation of the correlation matrix with the precise r and p values for each of the parameters. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to examine the correlations between STL and selected parameters. p < 0.05 was regarded to be statistically significant. Abbreviations: STL Sperm Telomere Length, BMI Body Mass Index, DFI DNA Fragmentation Index, ROS Reactive Oxygen Species, MFI Mean Fluorescence Intensity

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