Relationships between Ghrelin and Obestatin with MDA, Proinflammatory Cytokines, GSH/GSSG Ratio, Catalase Activity, and Semen Parameters in Infertile Patients with Leukocytospermia and Varicocele

Table 2

Means and standard errors of ghrelin, obestatin, MDA, GSH/GSSG ratio, and catalase assayed in semen samples of 70 men divided into 3 groups according to their clinical diagnoses and controls. Statistical methods are indicated, and the exact values of are reported.

Variables	Diagnosis			Statistics
	Leukocytospermia; (L no. 32)	Varicocele; (V no. 24)	Fertile men; (F no. 14)	HDS Tukey’s post hoc; test ( value)	Games-Howell post hoc; test (-value)
Ghrelin (ng/mL)				F vs. L (); F vs. V ()	—
Obestatin (ng/mL)				F vs. L (); F vs. V ()	—
MDA (nmol/mL)				—	F vs. L (); F vs. V (); L vs. V ()
GSH/GSSG (nmol/mg of proteins)				F vs. L (); F vs. V ()	—
CAT (U/mg of proteins)				—	F vs. L (); F vs. V ()