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. 2018 Jun 29;92(14):e00133-18. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00133-18

TABLE 3.

Statistical analysis of correlation between semen plasma viral load and individual cytokine level within each genital organ

Organ Spearman rho (P valuea)
CCL2 IL-8 IL-1β IL-10 TNF-α IFN-γ
Testis 0.89 (0.083) 0.95 (0.083) 0.11 (0.917) −0.11 (0.917) 0.63 (0.417) 0.63 (0.417)
Epididymis 0.80 (0.022) 0.20 (0.619) 0.55 (0.297) 0.06 (0.882) −0.02 (0.964) 0.36 (0.517)
Vas deferens −0.34 (0.428) −0.47 (0.243) −0.24 (0.582) −0.51 (0.197) −0.46 (0.268) −0.32 (0.498)
Seminal vesicles −0.28 (0.501) −0.73 (0.046) −0.17 (0.665) −0.14 (0.752) 0.01 (0.977) −0.11 (0.793)
Prostate −0.01 (0.977) 0.08 (0.840) 0.16 (0.713) −0.14 (0.752) 0.32 (0.498) −0.79 (0.133)
a

Cutoff for statistical significance, P ≤ 0.008 (Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons).