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

Table 5

Relationship between semen parameters in the reference group. 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	Round cells
Volume (mL)	1	−0.078	−0.051	0.003	0.286^∗	0.006	0.142	0.037	0.071	−0.151
Viscosity	−0.078	1	0.007	−0.118	−0.095	0.082	0.087	−0.145	−0.184	0.001
pH	−0.051	0.007	1	−0.349^∗	−0.296^∗	0.115	0.002	0.200	0.038	0.124
Sperm concentration (spz/ml)	0.003	−0.118	−0.349^∗	1	0.793^∗	−0.051	0.110	−0.129	0.115	−0.010
Total sperm count (spz/ejaculate)	0.286^∗	−0.095	−0.296^∗	0.793^∗	1	−0.245	−0.031	−0.087	0.208	0.007
Vitality (1 h)%	0.006	0.082	0.115	−0.051	−0.245	1	0.799^∗	−0.211	−0.027	0.211
Motility (1 h)%	0.142	0.087	0.002	0.110	−0.031	0.799^∗	1	−0.072	0.104	0.267
Normal forms	0.037	−0.145	0.200	−0.129	−0.087	−0.211	−0.072	1	−0.045	−0.113
Leucocytes	0.071	−0.184	0.038	0.115	0.208	−0.027	0.104	−0.045	1	0.654^∗
Round cells	−0.151	0.001	0.124	−0.010	0.007	0.211	0.267	−0.113	0.654^∗	1

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