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. 2010 May 21;118(9):1286–1291. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002037

Table 4.

Correlation coefficients between semen parameters and urinary BPA concentrations (univariate analysis) (n = 375).a

BPA concentration (μg/L)
Creatinine-adjusted BPA concentration (μg/g)
Variable R (95% CI) p-Value R (95% CI) p-Value
Seminal volume −0.16 (−0.26 to −0.06) < 0.01 −0.11 (−0.21 to −0.01) 0.03
Sperm concentrationb −0.03 (−0.13 to 0.07) 0.57 −0.003 (−0.10 to 0.10) 0.95
Motile sperm (%) −0.004 (−0.11 to 0.10) 0.94 −0.08 (−0.18 to 0.02) 0.11
Morphologically normal sperm (%)b 0.05 (−0.05 to 0.15) 0.33 0.02 (−0.08 to 0.12) 0.72
Total motile count −0.09 (−0.19 to 0.01) 0.07 −0.08 (−0.18 to 0.02) 0.12
Total sperm countb −0.11 (−0.21 to −0.01) 0.03 −0.07 (−0.17 to 0.03) 0.19
a

BPA, sperm concentration, and total motile count were ln-transformed.

b

n = 374.