Table 3. Semen parameters in infertility patients with leukocytospermia and/or STI pathogens in semen.
Semen Variable | 1). LCS-a/STI-b N=89 |
2). LCS-/STI+ N=20 |
3). LCS+/STI- N=107 |
4). LCS+/STI+ N=25 |
Significance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sperm/mL × 106 | 107.0c 1.0-363.0d |
73.5 3.0-314.0 |
64.0 0-379.0 |
34 1.0-261.0 |
STI↓† |
Motility (%) | 59.0 8.0-90.0 |
39.5 5.0-88.0 |
54.0 2.0-97.0 |
53.0 16.0-97.0 |
STI × LCS** |
Total Sperm × 106 | 236.0 2.5-1,340.0 |
253.5 9.8-519.2 |
162.0 0-1,124.5 |
85.0 4.0-965.7 |
LCS↓** |
Motile Sperm/mL × 106 | 66.9 0.8-300.6 |
36.0 0.2-276.3 |
40.3 0.2-306.2 |
20.0 0.5-240.1 |
STI↓** |
Total Motile Sperm × 106 | 135.4 2.1-1,165.8 |
96.8 0.6-442.1 |
88.9 0.6-787.2 |
43.3 1.8-888.4 |
STI↓** |
% Normal Forms | 52.0 7.0-90.0 |
53.5 22.0-96.0 |
48.0 3.0-76.0 |
48.0 10.0-74.0 |
LCS↓** |
PMN/mL × 106 | 0 0-0.8 |
0 0-0.8 |
2.0 1.0-19.0 |
1.6 1.0-8.8 |
LCS↑*** |
PMN-Elastase (ng/mL) | 195.0 0-15,126.0 |
175.5 0-5,885.0 |
3,515.0 0-38,802.0 |
3,246.0 482.0-18,396.0 |
LCS↑*** |
IL-1β (pg/mL) | 30.0 0-310.0 |
40.0 0-230.0 |
203.0 0-9,650.0 |
130.0 0-1,130.0 |
LCS↑*** |
Neutral α-Glucosidase (mU/mL) | 16.4 1.6-49.6 |
10.9 5.9-49.1 |
16.8 1.2-86.6 |
12.5 1.7-44.9 |
STI↓** |
Citrate (mg/mL) | 4.3 1.3-15.3 |
3.6 2.0-8.8 |
3.5 0.8-12.1 |
3.5 1.4-8.7 |
NSe |
Fructose (mg/mL) | 2.2 0.3-5.5 |
2.3 0.8-5.8 |
2.1 0.1-4.48 |
1.9 0.1-4.7 |
LCS↓** |
LCS=Leukocytospermic (≥106 PMN/mL)
STI=sexually transmissible pathogen detected in semen
Median
Range
NS=Not Significant
F-test significance for main effects and interactions:
P<0.10 (NS)
P<0.05
P<0.0001