Table 2.

Concentrations of La, Ce, Eu, Gd, and Ca in semen of drinkers and nondrinkers in the group of normozoospermic males (group I), the group of males with abnormal serum values (group II), and both groups combined

	All individuals			Group I			Group II
	N	Median (minimum–maximum)	p	N	Median (minimum–maximum)	p	N	Median (minimum–maximum)	p
La concentration (µg/kg dw)
Nondrinkers	36	16.2a (3.05–5.52)	0.00	20	21.1 (4.14–55.2)	0.60	16	8.04d (3.05–21.8)	0.00
Drinkers	114	21.8a (2.27–268)		53	24.0 (2.27–269)		61	21.2d (2.58–64.1)
Ce concentration (µg/kg dw)
Nondrinkers	36	33.3b (5.37–115)	0.01	20	42.4 (8.97–115)	0.58	16	16.2e (5.37–42.7)	0.00
Drinkers	114	44.3b (4.52–140)		53	49.0 (4.52–140)		61	43.1e (4.63–140)
Eu concentration (µg/kg dw)
Nondrinkers	18	0.64 (0.46–1.54)	0.26	13	0.64 (0.52–1.54)	0.85	16	0.54f (0.46–0.71)	0.03
Drinkers	80	0.69 (0.06–1.95)		53	0.68 (0.06–1.34)		61	0.69f (0.44–1.95)
Gd concentration (µg/kg dw)
Nondrinkers	36	2.69c (0.44–9.21)	0.01	20	3.28 (1.03–9.21)	0.71	16	1.38g (0.44–3.55)	0.00
Drinkers	114	3.47c (0.38–12.0)		53	3.79 (0.38–12.0)		61	3.26g (0.50–9.87)
Ca concentration (mg/kg dw)
Nondrinkers	36	3842 (2126–7303)	0.12	20	4456 (2590–7303)	0.24	16	2885h (2126–5856)	0.00
Drinkers	114	3964 (484–14,617)		53	3734 (484–7070)		61	4318h (2232–14,617)

Statistically significant differences are shown in bold type

Medians indicated with identical superscript letters are statistically different (p < 0.05)