Table 1.
Semen characteristics of epididymitis patients and controls
| Patients | Medical diagnosis | Etiology | Volume (mL) | pH | Appearance | Liquefaction | Sperm concentration (106/mL) | Progressive motility (%) | Leucocytes (1 × 106) | Normal morphology (%) | Eosin test (%) | Peroxidase cells (1 × 106/mL−1) | Elastase (ng/mL) | Glucosidase (mIU/mL) | Fructose (ng/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPI-1 | Epididymitis | Ureaplasma urealyticum | 2.5 | 7.6 | Ordinary | Normal | 110.5 | 64 | 11.9 | 12 | 84 | 13.4 | 1967 | 13.9 | 7.5 |
| EPI-2 | Epididymitis | Chlamydia trachomatis | 1.2 | 7.6 | Clear | Liquid | 25.4 | 45 | 8.7 | 6 | 77 | 1.0 | 747 | 11.9 | 3.8 |
| EPI-3 | Epididymitis | E. coli | 1.5 | 8 | Ordinary | Normal | 15.8 | 68 | 15 | 8 | 89 | 9.9 | 1941 | 11.8 | 6.4 |
| EPI-4 | Epididymitis | E. coli | 1.4 | 9 | Clear | Normal | 8 | 25 | 16.1 | 0 | 70 | 1.7 | 869 | 6.9 | 2.3 |
| C1 | - | - | 4.7 | 7.2 | Ordinary | Normal | 62.4 | 60 | < 1 | 7 | 73 | 0.2 | 81 | 21.6 | 13.9 |
| C2 | - | - | 2.7 | 7.6 | Ordinary | Normal | 258.5 | 63 | < 1 | 13 | 90 | 0.0 | 18 | 21.2 | 10.7 |
| C3 | - | - | 1.6 | 7.4 | Ordinary | Normal | 97 | 50 | < 1 | 7 | 86 | 0.3 | 97 | 35.1 | 22.2 |
| C4 | - | - | 7.8 | 8.7 | Ordinary | Normal | 70 | 69 | < 1 | 9 | 91 | 0.0 | 35 | 10.4 | 17.4 |