Table 4.
Correlations (r value) between sperm quality characteristics on day 0 and sperm quality characteristics after 3 days of storage (n = 20)
| Day 0 | Day 3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motility | Progressive motility | Normal sperm morphology | Acrosome reacted spermatozoa | Dead spermatozoa | Apoptotic spermatozoa | Intact DNA | Impaired tail membrane integrity | |
| Motility | 0.504* | 0.466* | 0.036 | −0.415 | −0.357 | 0.136 | 0.327 | −0.469* |
| Progressive motility | 0.498* | 0.384 | 0.140 | −0.147 | −0.458* | −0.560* | 0.554* | −0.372 |
| Normal sperm morphology | 0.325 | 0.367 | 0.794* | −0.444* | −0.234 | −0.245 | 0.111 | −0.476* |
| Proximal droplets | −0.212 | −0.337 | −0.465 | −0.166 | 0.000 | 0.165 | −0.038 | 0.270 |
| Distal droplets | −0.193 | −0.084 | −0.153 | 0.090 | 0.311 | 0.099 | 0.040 | 0.063 |
| Capacitated spermatozoa | 0.138 | 0.243 | 0.494* | −0.471* | −0.501* | 0.421 | 0.613* | −0.573* |
| Impaired tail membrane integrity | −0.027 | −0.129 | −0.380 | 0.371 | −0.093 | 0.183 | −0.485* | 0.242 |
| Live spermatozoa | 0.582* | 0.502* | −0.011 | −0.119 | −0.007 | −0.322 | −0.274 | 0.150 |
| Apoptotic spermatozoa | −0.392 | −0.474* | −0.304 | 0.072 | −0.145 | 0.494* | −0.652* | −0.284 |
| Decreased mitochondrial potential | −0.027 | −0.129 | −0.380 | 0.371 | −0.093 | 0.183 | −0.485* | −0.027 |
| Intact DNA | 0.342 | 0.500* | 0.199 | −0.347 | −0.340 | −0.571* | 0.946* | −0.618* |
Only sperm quality characteristics that showed at least one correlation are included in the table
*P values <0.05