Impact of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Upper Respiratory Tract Viral Infections on Reproductive Parameters in Young Healthy Men with Mild Symptoms of Disease

Table 4

Comparison of inflammatory markers in ejaculate between SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative patients with upper respiratory tract infection.

	Median (range)		p-Value
	SARS-CoV-2 positive	URTI, but SARS-CoV-2 negative
IFN-γ (pg/mL)	1.3 (0.5–1.6)	1.0 (0.4–1.9)	0.44
IL-10 (pg/mL)	3.7 (0.4–49.8)	1.0 (0.3–163.2)	0.88
IL-1β (pg/mL)	19.5 (2.5–31.2)	3.9 (2.0–9.7)	0.06
IL-2 (pg/mL)	15.9 (3.5–27.4)	7.7 (3.1–159.2)	0.64
IL-4 (pg/mL)	2.0 (0.4–3.4)	1.4 (0.3–2.9)	0.44
IL-6(pg/mL)	0.9 (0.4–0.9)	0.5 (0.2–1.0)	0.28
IL-8 (pg/mL)	927.7 (808.0–1788.5)	852.8 (314.2–1,348.5)	0.22
TNF-α (pg/mL)	115.1 (79.8–811.6)	196 (25.5–1,301.2)	0.64

Mann–Whitney U test.