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Table 3 Correlations of SDFI and seminal plasma vaspin and visfatin with clinical characteristics and sperm parameters

From: Evaluation of seminal plasma levels of vaspin and visfatin in infertile males with elevated sperm DNA fragmentation index: a comparative study

 

SDFI (n = 90)

Seminal plasma Vaspin (n = 90)

Seminal plasma Visfatin (n = 90)

r

P value

r

P value

r

P value

Age (years)

0.127

0.264

-0.305

0.006

0.126

0.268

Infertility duration (years)

0.043

0.707

-0.263

0.019

0.139

0.221

Height (cm)

-0.059

0.606

0.106

0.351

0.100

0.378

Weight (kg)

-0.075

0.513

-0.010

0.929

0.095

0.407

BMI (kg/m2)

-0.026

0.819

-0.083

0.466

0.041

0.722

Sperm concentration (106/ ml)

-0.282

0.012

0.098

0.392

-0.081

0.480

TMC count (106) / ml

-0.365

0.001

0.094

0.412

-0.060

0.602

TMC count (106)/ ejaculate

-0.319

0.004

0.049

0.668

0.036

0.751

Motility (%)

-0.578

 < 0.001

0.219

0.052

0.050

0.659

Progressive motility (%)

-0.319

0.004

0.103

0.366

0.118

0.301

Vitality (%)

-0.405

0.027

0.033

0.861

0.041

0.831

Abnormal forms (%)

0.227

0.044

-0.073

0.524

-0.239

0.034

Leukocyte count (106 / ml)

-0.075

0.510

0.013

0.911

0.195

0.085

SDFI

-

-

-0.335

0.003

-0.166

0.143

Seminal plasma Vaspin(ng/ml)

-0.335

0.003

-

-

-0.021

0.855

Seminal plasma Visfatin(ng/ml)

-0.166

0.143

-0.021

0.855

-

-

  1. N.B. BMI Body mass index, SDFI Sperm DNA fragmentation index, TMC Total motile count