Table 4.

Concentrations of cytokines in the different study groups

Cytokine	Controls (pg/ml)	Cases (pg/ml)	Case 1 (pg/ml)	Case 2 (pg/ml)	P1	P2	P3	P4
CXCL5	605.17	6107.71	4392.90	9870.78	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.20
CXCL6	8205.34	9026.83	9021.59	9038.19	0.855	0.951	0.759	0.855
CXCL8	505.63	2419.65	1919.96	3486.57	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.501
IL16	54.33	345.66	186.09	686.37	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.05*
CCL8	65.06	255.24	319.75	113.68	<0.05*	<0.05*	<0.05*	0.546
CCL7	77.79	100.54	88.14	127.03	0.914	0.932	0.921	0.955
CCL22	669.89	1161.39	985.81	1536.28	0.088	0.128	0.206	0.815
CCL20	723.49	2605.39	2358.24	3133.09	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.600
CCL19	40.51	42.20	40.39	46.05	0.996	0.986	0.984	0.993
CXCL16	765.74	721.01	708.89	746.89	0.063	<0.05*	0.589	0.293
IL1B	1.63	30.88	25.15	44.03	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.256
IL6	16.90	103.44	66.22	188.82	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.062
IL7	863.28	690.68	728.74	603.38	<0.01**	<0.05*	<0.01**	0.082
IL10	2.81	14.52	11.42	21.65	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.580
CSF3	30.75	198.98	202.77	190.27	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.957
CCL3	2.06	36.02	21.93	68.35	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.339
CCL4	95.79	525.47	393.96	827.17	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.425
TNF-α	5.41	24.57	20.59	33.72	<0.01**	<0.01**	<0.01**	0.882

Controls, semen samples with low ROS. Case 1, normal semen parameters with high ROS. Case 2, abnormal semen parameters with high ROS. Cases: Case 1 + Case 2

P1 control vs. cases, P2 control vs. cases1, P3 control vs. case 2, P4 case 1 vs. case 2

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01