Table 1.
Spearman rank order correlations between MMPs and semen parameters
| Parameters | Total sperm count | Motility (%) | Total count of motile sperm | Morphology (%) | Total count of normal sperm | proMMP-2 | MMP-2 | proMMP-9 | MMP-9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sperm concentration | 0.84* | 0.35* | 0.83* | 0.44* | 0.68* | −0.03 | −0.004 | −0.16 | −0.04 |
| Total sperm count | 0.2 | 0.91* | 0.29* | 0.67* | −0.06 | 0.07 | −0.18 | −0.12 | |
| Motility (%) | 0.2 | 0.53* | 0.47* | 0.37* | −0.02 | 0.05 | −0.06 | −0.07 | |
| Total count of motile sperm | 0.91* | 0.53* | 0.41* | 0.73* | −0.07 | 0.08 | −0.17 | −0.14 | |
| Morphology (%) | 0.29* | 0.47* | 0.41* | 0.85* | 0.07 | 0.09 | −0.16 | −0.03 | |
| Total count of normal sperm | 0.67* | 0.37* | 0.73* | 0.85* | 0.03 | 0.1 | −0.18 | −0.06 |
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05.