Table 3. Pearson correlation coefficients with P values for significant.
| Responses | Necrotic sperm (%) | Early necrotic sperm (%) | Viable sperm (%) | Apoptotic sperm (%) | DNA damage (%) | Alive sperm (%) | BAX(µg) |
| Fertility score | –0.266* | –0.01 | 0.072 | –0.063 | –0.017 | –0.49* | –0.30 |
| P=0.0113 | (P=0.0056) | (P=0.1106) | |||||
| Necrotic spermatozoa (%) | –0.506* (P<.0001) | 0.420* (P<.0001) | –0.688* (P<.0001) | 0.025 | 0.377* (P=0.04) | 0.223 | |
| Early necrotic spermatozoa (%) | - | –0.991* (P<0.0001) | 0.358* (P=0.0006) | –0.039 | –0.435* (P=0.016) | 0.05 | |
| Viable spermatozoa (%) | - | - | –0.367* (P=0.0004) | 0.052 | 0.386* (P=0.035) | –0.094 | |
| Apoptotic spermatozoa (%) | - | - | - | –0.126 | –0.084 | –0.0832 | |
| DNA fragmentation (%) | - | - | - | - | –0.144 | –0.219 | |
| Alive spermatozoa (%) | - | - | - | - | - | 0.23 |
The correlation of the variables necrotic, early necrotic, viable, apoptotic spermatozoa, DNA fragmented spermatozoa, alive spermatozoa, BAX and bulls' fertility scores.