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

Table 6

Relationship between semen parameters in the case 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	Red blood cells	Round cells
Volume (mL)	1	−0.072	−0.235^∗	−0.109	0.193^∗	0.101	0.121	0.084	0.191^∗	−0.054	0.043
Viscosity	−0.072	1	0.061	0.059	−0.005	0.084	0.043	−0.131	−0.214^∗	0.013	−0.112
pH	−0.235^∗	0.061	1	−0.021	−0.179	−0.083	−0.072	0.194^∗	−0.206^∗	−0.051	−0.078
Sperm concentration (spz/ml)	−0.109	0.059	−0.021	1	0.597^∗	0.367^∗	0.420^∗	0.070	−0.258^∗	0.146	0.153
Total sperm count (spz/ejaculate)	0.193^∗	−0.005	−0.179	0.597^∗	1	0.347^∗	0.407^∗	0.141	0.145	−0.313^∗	−0.125
Vitality (1 h)%	0.101	0.084	−0.083	0.367^∗	0.347^∗	1	0.904^∗	0.089	−0.079	0.059	0.112
Motility (1 h)%	0.121	0.043	−0.072	0.420^∗	0.407^∗	0.904^∗	1	0.163	−0.111	0.045	0.142
Normal forms	0.084	−0.131	0.194^∗	0.070	0.141	0.089	0.163	1	0.146	−0.111	−0.109
Leucocytes	0.191^∗	−0.214^∗	−0.206^∗	−0.258^∗	0.145	−0.079	−0.111	0.146	1	−0.392^∗	−0.158
Red blood cells	−0.054	0.013	−0.051	0.146	−0.313^∗	0.059	0.045	−0.111	−0.392^∗	1	0.626^∗
Round cells	0.043	−0.112	−0.078	0.153	−0.125	0.112	0.142	−0.109	−0.158	0.626^∗	1

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