Table 4.
Sperm parameters varied as the seminal leukocytic level increased
| Parameters | WBC < 106 (n = 60) |
WBC > 106 (n = 53) |
t | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume (ml) | 2.9 ± 1.1 | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.815 |
| PH | 7.3 ± 0.2 | 7.3 ± 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.301 |
| Sperm count (× 106/ml) | 76.2 ± 41.2 | 75.1 ± 30.2 | 1.2 | 0.213 |
| Total motile sperm count, % (× 106/ml) | 53.7 ± 25.2 | 45.3 ± 26.2 | 2.6 | 0.008* |
| Count of sperm with good progressive motility (PR%) | 46.2 ± 15.1 | 38.3 ± 13.4 | 2.7 | 0.006* |
| Proportion of sperm with normal morphology (%) | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 2.9 ± 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.005* |
| VCL (um/s) | 46.2 ± 9.0 | 41.3 ± 9.1 | 2.2 | 0.031* |
| VSL (um/s) | 29.5 ± 6.2 | 26.2 ± 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.015* |
| VAP (um/s) | 30.3 ± 6.8 | 25.0 ± 6.4 | 2.3 | 0.018* |
| ALH (um) | 4.0 ± 2.1 | 4.1 ± 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.656 |
| WOB (%) | 68.6 ± 5.2 | 63.3 ± 5.2 | 3.6 | 0.002* |
| Log (ROS + 1) | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 2.9 ± 0.6 | 6.3 | 0.001* |
| TM | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.009* |
| HDS (%) | 6.5 ± 3.1 | 11.6 ± 5.1 | 4.1 | 0.028* |
| MDA (nmol/ml) | 2.6 ± 0.3 | 4.5 ± 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.035* |
| TAC (U/L) | 23.1 ± 3.3 | 15.1 ± 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.020* |
| DFI (%) | 20.0 ± 10.2 | 28.2 ± 13.2 | 2.8 | 0.022* |
DFI DNA fragmentation index, VCL curvilinear velocity, VSL straight-line velocity, VAP average path velocity, ALH amplitude of lateral head displacement, WOB wobble, TM tail moment