Resistin in Human Seminal Plasma: Relationship with Lipid Peroxidation, CAT Activity, GSH/GSSG Ratio, and Semen Parameters

Table 3

Correlations (rho Spearman’s coefficient) between all considered variables in 53 individuals.

	Sperm/ml ×10^6	Motility %	Normal morphology %	Apoptosis %	Necrosis %	Resistin	MDA	GSH/GSSG	CAT
Sperm/ml ×10^6	1
Motility %	0.674	1
Normal morphology %	0.677	0.733	1
Apoptosis %	-0.255	-0.444	-0.450	1
Necrosis %	-0.432	-0.506	-0.455	0.262	1
Resistin	-0.312	-0.316	-0.445	0.378	0.470	1
MDA	-0.355	-0.471	-0.444	0.318	0.413	0.416	1
GSH/GSSG	0.463	0.497	0.591	-0.169	-0.216	-0.293	-0.124	1
CAT	-0.671	-0.464	-0.605	0.390	0.330	0.453	0.411	-0.507	1

Legend: sperm/ml ×10⁶ (number of sperm/ml); motility % (percentage of rapid and slow progressive sperm motility); normal morphology % (percentage of sperm with normal morphology assessed with Papanicolaou staining); apoptosis % (percentage of sperm apoptosis assessed with AnV/PI assay); necrosis % (percentage of sperm necrosis assessed with AnV/PI assay); resistin (ng/ml); MDA (malondialdehyde; nmoli/ml); GSH/GSSG (reduced glutathione/oxidized glutathione; nmoli/mg of protein); CAT (catalase activity; nmoli/min/mg of protein). ; ; .