Table 1. Correlations between MitoTracker Green positive sperm and several sperm quality parameters*.
Progressive motility | Intact membrane | COX I expression | Intact acrosome | Capacitated | Chromatin integrity |
0.811 (<0.001) | 0.811 (<0.001) | 0.616 (<0.001) | 0.421 (0.004) | 0.440 (0.002) | 0.290 (0.046) |
The percentage of MitoTracker Green positive sperm of a given sample positively correlates with the percentage of sperm with a) progressive motility; b) intact membrane; c) COX I expression; d) intact acrosome; e) phosphotyrosines f) integral chromatin.
*Correlations (R; upper numbers) and P values (lower numbers).