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

Table 3

Comparison of indicators of hyperlipidemia with normal men in 169 cases.

	Normal	Hyperlipidaemia
N	93	76	P
TC	4.22(0.50)	4.87(1.14)	<0.001
TG	1.00(0.32)	2.44(1.51)	<0.001
HDL-C	1.45(0.28)	1.21(0.38)	0.013
LDL-C	2.21(0.43)	2.90(1.06)	<0.001
Apo A	1.31(0.13)	1.27(0.23)	0.010
Apo B	0.81(0.12)	0.98(0.23)	<0.001
Semen volume	3.48(1.32)	3.02(1.07)	0.069
Sperm concentration	61.04(37.47)	73.55(49.74)	0.552
Total sperm count	211.85(160.63)	214.47(138.82)	0.271
Progressive motility	44.67(17.25)	45.55(14.72)	0.086
FSH	4.99(2.40)	4.91(2.05)	0.806
LH	3.85(2.10)	3.50(1.38)	0.187
PRL	8.91(4.56)	8.25(3.31)	0.295
E2	37.80(13.60)	35.35(10.44)	0.200
T	4.32(1.43)	3.66(1.21)	0.002

Bolded text indicates significant differences.