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Table 3. Pearson product-moment coefficients between conventional semen parameters and seminal plasma components¹.

	Seminal Plasma Component
Semen Trait	TP	ALB	LDH	CPK	AST	ALT	AP	Ca²⁺	P³⁻	Na⁺	K⁺	Cl⁻	Mg²⁺	GLU	CHO	HCO₃ ⁻	CRT	UUN
Volume	−0.36^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−0.33^*	−0.29^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.38	NS	NS	NS	NS
Sperm Concentration	0.51^*	0.40^*	NS	NS	0.42^*	0.46^*	0.48^*	NS	0.80^*	−0.28^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.70^*	NS	NS	NS
% tMOT	−0.41^*	NS	NS	0.34^*	NS	−0.29^*	NS	−0.47^*	−0.44^*	0.55^*	NS	0.32^*	−0.37^*	0.38^*	NS	NS	NS	NS
% pMOT	−0.43^*	NS	NS	0.36^*	NS	−0.30^*	NS	−0.48^*	−0.43^*	0.57^*	NS	0.32^*	−0.35^*	0.40^*	NS	NS	NS	NS
% Normal Sperm	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−0.65^*	NS	0.62^*	−0.49^*	0.76^*	−0.52^*	NS	−0.86^*	NS	NS	NS
% Spermac Positive	−0.39^*	NS	NS	0.61^*	NS	−0.34^*	NS	−0.38^*	−0.60^*	0.42^*	−0.34^*	NS	−0.41^*	0.36^*	NS	NS	−0.35^*	−0.79^*
Osmolality	0.34^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.49^*	NS	0.69^*	0.34^*	NS	0.60^*	0.71^*	0.72^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.73^*
pH	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	−0.55^*	NS	NS	−0.73^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.35^*	NS	NS

Seminal Plasma Components: Total Protein (TP), mg/ml; Albumin (ALB), mg/ml; Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), U/L; Creatine phosphokinase (CPK), U/L; Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), U/L; Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), U/L; Alkaline phosphatase (AP), U/L; Calcium (Ca²⁺), mg/dl; Phosphorus (P³⁻), mg/dl; Sodium (Na⁺), mmol/L; Potassium (K⁺), mmol/L; Chloride (Cl⁻), mmol/L; Magnesium (Mg²⁺), mg/dl; Glucose (GLU), mg/dl; Cholesterol (CHO), mg/dl; Bicarbonate (HCO₃ ⁻), mmol/L; Creatinine (CRT), mg/dl; Urea nitrogen (UUN), mg/dl.

P<0.05; NS: Not significant.

Table 3. Pearson product-moment coefficients between conventional semen parameters and seminal plasma components1.

Table 3. Pearson product-moment coefficients between conventional semen parameters and seminal plasma components¹.