TABLE 3.
Statistical analysis of correlation between semen plasma viral load and individual cytokine level within each genital organ
| Organ | Spearman rho (P valuea) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).