Table 5.
Correlations between SOD activity and other sperm parameters during the preservation procedure.
| Time [h] |
SOD Activity |
Total Sperm Motility |
Membrane Integrity |
Mitochondrial Potential |
Nitric Oxide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Zn25NPs | 0.122 | −0.306 | 0.386 | −0.042 |
| Zn50NPs | −0.003 | −0.137 | 0.677 * | −0.210 | |
| Mn25NPs | 0.205 | 0.144 | 0.521 * | 0.233 | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.196 | −0.384 | 0.631 * | −0.259 | |
| C | 0.301 | −0.036 | 0.711 * | −0.233 | |
| 24 | Zn25NPs | 0.457 | −0.106 | 0.402 | 0.218 |
| Zn50NPs | 0.476 | 0.158 | 0.651 * | 0.195 | |
| Mn25NPs | 0.666 * | −0.108 | 0.683 * | 0.049 | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.498 | 0.033 | 0.595 * | −0.289 | |
| C | 0.504 | −0.152 | 0.706 * | −0.191 | |
| 48 | Zn25NPs | 0.220 | 0.167 | 0.195 | 0.053 |
| Zn50NPs | 0.406 | 0.205 | 0.220 | 0.217 | |
| Mn25NPs | 0.653 * | 0.318 | 0.805 * | −0.567 * | |
| Mn50NPs | 0.360 | 0.066 | 0.704 * | −0.834 * | |
| C | 0.533 * | −0.404 | 0.743 * | −0.273 |
* Statistically significant correlations are marked with an asterisk (p ≤ 0.05).