Hyperlipidemia Is Not Related to Semen Quality, but to Serum Testosterone Levels

Table 2

Comparison of indicators of hyperlipidemia with normal men in 885 cases.

	Normal	Hyperlipidaemia
N	405	480	P
Age	28.01(4.35)	28.19(4.79)	0.062
BMI	24.03(3.91)	27.18(4.25)	<0.001
Weight	72.28(13.18)	81.52(14.41)	<0.001
WC	84.80(10.11)	91.94(11.28)	<0.001
H	173.17(5.18)	173.06(5.10)	0.773
Semen volume	3.08(1.26)	3.09(1.20)	0.605
Sperm concentration	74.25(48.35)	79.70(53.55)	0.112
Total sperm count	235.33(170.35)	238.93(181.74)	0.761
Progressive motility	43.60(16.10)	45.07(16.09)	0.178
TC	4.14(0.53)	4.90(1.10)	<0.001
TG	0.94(0.32)	2.28(1.47)	<0.001
HDL-C	1.41(0.27)	1.14(0.37)	<0.001
LDL-C	2.28(0.48)	2.93(0.92)	<0.001
Apo A	1.32(0.15)	1.22(0.19)	<0.001
Apo B	0.79(0.13)	0.96(0.22)	<0.001

The values are shown as the mean ± standard deviation. Independent samples t-test for normality, Wilcoxon rank-sum test for non-normality. Bolding indicates significant difference.