Table 6.

Correlations between sperm parameters, chromatin/DNA integrity, and protamine gene expression levels

Variable	PMN1	PMN2
Concentration	r = 0.61	r = 0.17
	p = 0.61	p = 0.20
Normal morphology	r = 0.32	r = 0.43
	p = 0.01	p = 0.001
TUNEL (+)	r = –0.30	r = –0.38
	p = 0.02	p = 0.002
CMA3 (+)	r = –0.31	r = –0.37
	p = 0.02	p = 0.003
PMN1	r = 1.00	r = 0.92
	-	p = 0.000
PMN2	r = 0.92	r = 1.00
	p = 0.000	-

All nonparametric correlations were obtained using Pearson statistics, and pvalues <0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance.

PMN1, protamine 1; PMN2, protamine 2; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling; CMA3, chromomycin A3.