Table 4.

Prevalence of SC + in subgroups B1 (affected by GTI) and in subgroups B2 (without GTI) according to the seminal5 semen viscosity and WBC parameters

	n	SC +	Gram +	Gram −	Gram + / −
Subgroup B1	n. 285	n. 75/285 (26.3%)	n. 32/75 (42.7%)	n. 25/75 (33.3%)	n. 18/75 (24.0)
SHV increase	n. 21/285 (7.4%)	10/21 (47.7%)a,b	n. 4/10 (40.0%)	n. 4/10 (40.0%)	n. 2/10 (20.0%)
WBC increase	n. 28/285 (9.8%)	9/28 (32.1%)	n. 4/9 (44.5%)	n. 3/9 (33.3%)	n. 2/9 (22.2%)
SHV/WBC increase	n. 26/285 (9.1%)	12/26 (46.1%)	n. 5/12 (41.7%)	n. 4/12 (33.3%)	n. 3/12 (25.0%)
No increase	n. 210/285 (73.7%)	44/210 (20.9%)	n. 19/44 (43.2%)	n. 14/44 (31.8%)	n. 11/44 (25.0%)
Subgroup B2	n. 193	n. 12/193 (6.2%)	n. 5/12 (41.7%)	n. 4/12 (33.3%)	n. 3/12 (25.0%)
SHV increase	n. 20/193 (10.4%)	3/20 (15.0%)	n. 2/3 (66.7%)	n. 0/3 (–)	n. 1/3 (33.3%)
WBC increase	n. 16/193 (8.3%)	5/16 (31.2%)	n. 2/5 (40.0%)	n. 2/5 (40.0%)	n. 1/5 (20.0%)
SHV/WBC increase	n. 5/193 (2.6%)c	2/5 (40.0%)	n. 1/2 (50.0%)	n. 1/2 (50.0%)	n. 0/2 (–)
No increase	n. 152/193 (78.7%)	2/152 (1.3%)	n. 0/2 (–)	n. 1/2 (50.0%)	n. 1/2 (50.0%)

SHV sperm hyper viscosity, WBC white blood cell

^ap = 0.001 vs. subgroup B2

^bp = 0.002 vs. no increase subgroup B1

^cp = 0.02 vs. no SHV and WBC