Table 3.

Pearson correlation of seminal and plasma cadmium levels with semen parameters in infertile men

Parameters	Plasma cadmium		Seminal cadmium
	R value	P value	R value	P value
Semen volume (ml)	-0.147	0.22	-0.095	0.43
Sperm count (×106 cell/ml)	-0.455	0.001*	-0.476	0.001*
Total Motility (%)	-0.385	0.001*	-0.249	0.032*
Morphology (%)	-0.413	0.001*	-0.304	0.01*

^*Statistically significant correlation at p < 0.05