Research Article
The Associations between Infertility and Antioxidants, Proinflammatory Cytokines, and Chemokines
Table 6
Spearman correlations between semen parameters and oxidative stress and cytokines.
| | Seminal plasma | Spermatozoa | Total SOD | Mn-SOD | GPx | MDA | Albumin | IL-8 | IL-12 (p70) | MCP-1 | Total SOD | Mn-SOD | CuZn-SOD | MDA |
| Sperm cell count in 1 ml | 0.17 | 0.15 | | | 0.22 | | 0.19 | | 0.31 | 0.51 | | 0.44 | Total sperm cell count | 0.12 | 0.15 | | | 0.21 | | 0.18 | | 0.33 | 0.51 | | 0.44 | Total motility after 1 hour | | | | −0.14 | | −0.18 | | −0.21 | | 0.26 | | 0.23 | Rapid progressive motility (a) after 1 hour | | | | | | | | −0.24 | 0.25 | 0.47 | | 0.36 | Slow progressive motility (b) after 1 hour | | | | −0.21 | 0.20 | | 0.20 | −0.18 | | | −0.27 | | Progressive motility (a + b) after 1 hour | | | | −0.11 | 0.15 | | | −0.22 | | 0.31 | −0.24 | 0.34 | Motile spermatozoa after 24 hours | | | −0.18 | | 0.29 | | | | 0.30 | 0.44 | | 0.26 | Progressive motility after 24 hours | | | −0.16 | −0.11 | 0.25 | | | | | 0.39 | | 0.31 |
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