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Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2007 Apr 11;87(5):1087–1097. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.08.109

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↓**
a

LCS=Leukocytospermic (≥106 PMN/mL)

b

STI=sexually transmissible pathogen detected in semen

c

Median

d

Range

e

NS=Not Significant

F-test significance for main effects and interactions:

P<0.10 (NS)

**

P<0.05

***

P<0.0001

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