Table 1. Descriptive analyses of questionaries’ data, basic semen parameters, oxidative stress markers, and epididymal and accessory sex glands function markers at the different time points (TP).
N | TP1 |
TP2 |
TP3 |
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Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | ||
Alcohol consumption (g) | 36 | 15.2 | 32.2 | 0.0 | 179.2 | 123.0 | 130.5 | 0.0 | 480.0 | 18.4 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 96.0 |
Nicotine consumption (mg) | 36 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 12.0 |
Age (years) | 36 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 32 | ||||||||
Sexual abstinence (days) | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
Volume (mL) | 36 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
Concentration (x106/mL) | 36 | 61 | 37 | 20 | 155 | 53 | 39 | 7 | 194 | 49 | 41 | 10 | 241 |
Total number spermatozoa (x106) | 36 | 236 | 189 | 40 | 775 | 169 | 198 | 16 | 1062 | 114 | 84 | 23 | 362 |
Progressive motility (%) | 36 | 54 | 15 | 21 | 89 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 91 | 48 | 19 | 4 | 72 |
Non-progressive motility (%) | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 38 |
Immotile (%) | 36 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 74 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 71 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 81 |
Normal morphology (%) | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
Head defects (%) | 36 | 65 | 16 | 29 | 95 | 74 | 14 | 37 | 94 | 67 | 12 | 31 | 88 |
Midpiece defects (%) | 36 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 69 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 60 |
Tail defects (%) | 36 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 59 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 51 |
Total antioxidant capacity (TAS) (mmol/l) | 22 | 1.44 | 0.75 | 0.27 | 2.63 | 1.65 | 0.64 | 0.37 | 2.58 | 1.69 | 0.69 | 0.07 | 2.52 |
3-Nitrotyrosine (3-NT) (AU) | 24 | 110.94 | 130.15 | 0.42 | 383.33 | 138.54 | 152.94 | 0.39 | 419.37 | 99.88 | 106.52 | 0.27 | 273.19 |
Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) (AU) | 23 | 2.22 | 3.50 | 0.36 | 15.59 | 1.79 | 3.23 | 0.23 | 15.95 | 7.33 | 18.57 | 0.12 | 81.42 |
Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) (AU) | 22 | 0.64 | 1.11 | 0.07 | 5.26 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.04 | 1.63 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.03 | 2.67 |
Carbonyl groups (CG) (AU) | 12 | 130.06 | 85.27 | 56.27 | 362.25 | 139.43 | 86.09 | 76.69 | 392.99 | 107.92 | 35.18 | 68.01 | 172.59 |
Citric acid (mg) | 12 | 13.60 | 6.30 | 5.87 | 25.55 | 12.10 | 8.86 | 4.31 | 36.74 | 8.65 | 3.61 | 4.24 | 13.65 |
Frutose (mg) | 12 | 11.30 | 7.24 | 2.31 | 29.01 | 10.68 | 7.72 | 1.47 | 25.71 | 8.18 | 5.98 | 2.42 | 19.06 |
Neutral alfa-glucosidase (mIU) | 12 | 57.07 | 45.17 | 21.27 | 190.42 | 47.26 | 40.98 | 5.97 | 138.46 | 30.90 | 30.42 | 6.42 | 122.74 |