Table 4.
Correlations between membrane mitochondrial potential and other sperm parameters during the preservation procedure.
| Time [h] |
Mitochondrial Potential |
Total Sperm Motility |
Membrane Integrity |
Nitric Oxide |
SOD Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zn25NPs | 0.071 | −0.227 | −0.051 | 0.386 |
| Zn50NPs | 0.213 | 0.005 | −0.098 | 0.677 * | |
| Mn25NPs | −0.004 | 0.096 | −0.084 | 0.521 * | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.286 | −0.300 | −0.024 | 0.631 * | |
| C | 0.407 | −0.148 | −0.306 | 0.711 * | |
| 24 | Zn25NPs | 0.576 * | 0.169 | 0.402 | 0.402 |
| Zn50NPs | 0.738 * | 0.437 | 0.381 | 0.651 * | |
| Mn25NPs | 0.636 * | −0.036 | 0.285 | 0.783 * | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.786 * | 0.140 | −0.093 | 0.595 * | |
| C | 0.442 | −0.009 | −0.413 | 0.706 * | |
| 48 | Zn25NPs | 0.092 | −0.348 | −0.463 | 0.195 |
| Zn50NPs | −0.180 | −0.161 | −0.189 | 0.220 | |
| Mn25NPs | 0.572 * | 0.045 | −0.579 * | 0.805 * | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.275 | 0.227 | −0.720 * | 0.704 * | |
| C | 0.528 * | −0.244 | −0.298 | 0.743 * |
* Statistically significant correlations are marked with an asterisk (p ≤ 0.05).