Comparison of Serum Inhibin B and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Level between Normal and Infertile Men in Yaoundé

Table 4

Relationship between semen parameters in the overall population. Correlation was done using spearman correlation test.

Variables	Volume (mL)	Viscosity	pH	Sperm concentration (spz/ml)	Total sperm count (spz/ejaculate)	Vitality (1 h)%	Motility (1 h)%	Normal forms	Leucocytes	Red blood cells	Round cells
Volume (mL)	1	−0.087	−0.215^∗	−0.122	0.235^∗	0.138	0.160	0.097	0.187^∗	−0.065	−0.005
Viscosity	−0.087	1	0.063	−0.025	−0.033	−0.027	−0.037	−0.122	−0.192^∗	0.005	−0.087
pH	−0.215^∗	0.063	1	−0.136	−0.185^∗	−0.058	−0.069	0.121	−0.110	−0.043	−0.091
Sperm concentration (spz/ml)	−0.122	−0.025	−0.136	1	0.636^∗	0.540^∗	0.551^∗	0.076	−0.199^∗	0.232^∗	0.232^∗
Total sperm count (spz/ejaculate)	0.235^∗	−0.033	−0.185^∗	0.636^∗	1	0.525^∗	0.520^∗	0.249^∗	0.238^∗	−0.391^∗	−0.161
Vitality (1 h)%	0.138	−0.027	−0.058	0.540^∗	0.525^∗	1	0.969^∗	0.267^∗	0.044	−0.026	0.116
Motility (1 h)%	0.160	−0.037	−0.069	0.551^∗	0.520^∗	0.969^∗	1	0.269^∗	0.020	−0.018	0.148
Normal forms	0.097	−0.122	0.121	0.076	0.249^∗	0.267^∗	0.269^∗	1	0.231^∗	−0.194^∗	−0.114
Leucocytes	0.187^∗	−0.192^∗	−0.110	−0.199^∗	0.238^∗	0.044	0.020	0.231^∗	1	−0.525^∗	−0.226^∗
Red blood cells	−0.065	0.005	−0.043	0.232^∗	−0.391^∗	−0.026	−0.018	−0.194^∗	−0.525^∗	1	0.614^∗
Round cells	−0.005	−0.087	−0.091	0.232^∗	−0.161	0.116	0.148	−0.114	−0.226^∗	0.614^∗	1

was considered to be statistically significant. ^∗Significant. All the values marked with asterix (^∗) are significant ().