Table 3.

Correlation between sperm lipid peroxidation, DNA fragmentation and chromatin status

Parameters	Blue-stained (%)	DFI (%)	TUNEL+(%)	CMA3+(%)	Lipid peroxidation (%)
Persistent histones (%)	1	0.45	0.44	0.60**	0.30
DFI (%)	0.45	1	0.83**	0.30	0.77**
TUNLE+(%)	0.44	0.83**	1	0.33	0.84**
CMA3+(%)	0.60**	0.30	0.33	1	0.06
Lipid peroxidation (%)	0.30	0.77**	0.84**	0.6	1
Lipid peroxidation (Intensity)	0.60**	0.62**	0.34	0.50*	0.23

The asterisks at the end of the correlation indicate that the correlation is significant at * P<0.05 and **P<0.01. DFI; DNA fragmentation index, TUNEL; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling, CMA3; Chromomycin A3, and LO; Lipid peroxidation.