Table 4.

Pearson correlation coefficient between post-thaw semen characteristics with copper (Cu), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), nitric oxide (NO), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), ascorbic acid (AA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

Semen parameters	MDA	Zinc	Cu	ALP	SOD
Total motility %	0.21	0.34#	− 0.24	0.57**	− 0.37*
Progressive motility%	0.20	0.27	− 0.22	0.48**	− 0.43*
Live sperm%	0.18	0.37*	− 0.26	− 0.56**	− 0.34#
Abnormal morphology %	− 0.18	− 0.32#	0.21	− 0.49**	0.29
HOST	0.14	0.39*	− 0.27	0.41*	− 0.42*
Acrosome	0.20	0.31	− 0.26	0.42*	− 0.43*

^** Significant at P < 0.01, * significant at P < 0.05, # tended to be significant at P > 0.05