Research Article
Comparison of Serum Inhibin B and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Level between Normal and Infertile Men in Yaoundé
Table 3
Relationship between hormone levels and semen parameters. Correlation was done using spearman correlation test.
| | Semen parameters | Population | Inhibin B (r; p) | FSH (r; p) |
| | Semen volume (mL) | Overall population | 0.139 (0.096) | −0.004(0.966) | | Reference group | 0.528∗ ( ) | −0.284(0.051) | | Case group | 0.058 (0.553) | 0.065 (0.504) | | Viscosity | Overall population | −0.049 (0.562) | 0.024 (0.779) | | Reference group | −0.045 (0.761) | 0.102 (0.488) | | Case group | −0.083 (0.393) | −0.006 (0.949) | | pH | Overall population | −0.117 (0.163) | 0.159 (0.057) | | Reference group | −0.283 (0.052) | 0.223 (0.127) | | Case group | −0.110 (0.258) | 0.152 (0.116) | | Sperm concentration (million/mL) | Overall population | 0.183∗ (0.028) | −0.217∗ (0.009) | | Reference group | 0.043 (0.771) | −0.001 (0.992) | | Case group | 0.006 (0.948) | −0.113 (0.243) | | Total sperm count (million/ejaculate) | Overall population | 0.307∗ ( ) | −0.179∗ (0.032) | | Reference group | 0.245 (0.093) | −0.045 (0.762) | | Case group | 0.261∗ (0.006) | −0.197∗ (0.041) | | Vitality (%) | Overall population | 0.103 (0.219) | −0.197∗ (0.018) | | Reference group | −0.159 (0.280) | 0.024 (0.869) | | Case group | −0.056 (0.565) | −0.112 (0.249) | | Progressive motility (%) | Overall population | 0.072 (0.388) | −0.152 (0.069) | | Reference group | 0.046 (0.755) | −0.062 (0.674) | | Case group | −0.032 (0.744) | −0.036 (0.709) | | Normal forms (%) | Overall population | 0.088 (0.296) | 0.005 (0.956) | | Reference group | 0.041 (0.780) | 0.064 (0.664) | | Case group | −0.084 (0.387) | −0.010 (0.922) | | Leucocytes | Overall population | 0.227∗ (0.006) | 0.025 (0.764) | | Reference group | −0.103 (0.486) | −0.036 (0.805) | | Case group | 0.207∗ (0.032) | 0.006 (0.949) | | Red blood cells | Overall population | −0.073 (0.386) | −0.004 (0.958) | | Reference group | / | / | | Case group | −0.030 (0.757) | 0.075 (0.437) | | Round cells | Overall population | −0.027 (0.747) | −0.040 (0.635) | | Reference group | −0.301∗ (0.038) | 0.024 (0.872) | | Case group | 0.070 (0.473) | 0.067 (0.492) |
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was considered to be statistically significant. ∗Significant. The significant values in this table are , , , , , , and . |
