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. 2014 Oct;12(10):681–686.

Table I.

Correlation analysis between ERβ, mir-21, mir-22 and seminal plasma parameters

Variable mir-21 mir-22 ERβ
Volume 0.1778a 0.04610 -0.1449
0.6231b 0.8994 0.6896
Sperm count -0.9014* -0.7717* 0.8495*
0.0004 0.0089 0.0019
Quick progressive -0.7581* -0.7781* 0.7581*
0.0111 0.0121 0.0111
Slow progressive -0.8655* -0.7796* 0.7532*
0.0012 0.0078 0.0119
Non-progressive -0.9131* -0.8661* 0.7587*
0.0002 0.0012 0.0110
Immotile 0.8781* 0.8001* -0.7350*
0.0008 0.0054 0.0154
Normal morphology -0.9064* -0.8064* 0.8057*
0.0003 0.0004 0.0049
pH -0.6530* -0.7047* 0.4590
0.0407 0.0229 0.1821
a

Spearman correlation coefficient

b

P, spearman’s rank correlation test

*

P<0.05 is considered significant