Table 1.
Results of basic semen analyses and oxidative stress assays on TP1 and TP2 determined on the semen samples of all volunteers (C1 to C8)
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| Parameter | Volunteers | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 |
| Basic semen analyses | Volume (mL) | 8.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Concentration (106 spz/mL) | 73 | 60 | 253 | 69 | 65 | 33 | 110 | 101 | 53 | 13 | 101 | 61 | 439 | 69 | 111 | 38 | |
| Normal forms (%) | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |
| Motility (%) | 74 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 54 | 59 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 51 | 53 | 71 | 63 | 46 | 74 | 67 | |
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| Lifestyle | Alcohol consumption (g/day) | 2.69 | 4.28 | 16 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 114 | 47.5 | 507 | 206 | 111 | 80 | 48 | 207 |
| Nicotine (mg/day) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 24 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sexual abstinence (days) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 0 | |
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| Oxidative stress markers | TBARS (nmol/108spz) | ||||||||||||||||
| Supernatant | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 1.4 | |||
| SH (μmol/μg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | |||
| CO (arbitrary units/μg protein) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||
TP: time period; TBARS: thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; SH: thiol group; CO: carbonyl group