Research Article

Resistin in Human Seminal Plasma: Relationship with Lipid Peroxidation, CAT Activity, GSH/GSSG Ratio, and Semen Parameters

Table 1

Semen parameters () of infertile men are classified into 2 groups according to clinical diagnoses and fertile controls.

VariablesLeukocytospermia
L
Varicocele
V
Fertile men
F
HDS Tukey post hoc test
( value)
Games-Howell post hoc test
( value)

Volume (ml)
Sperm/ml ×106F vs. L
F vs. V
Motility %  F vs. L
   F vs. V
Normal morphology %  F vs. L
   F vs. V
Apoptosis %F vs. L
F vs. V
Necrosis %  F vs. L

Legend: volume (ml); sperm/ml ×106 (number of sperm/ml); motility % (percentage of rapid and slow progressive sperm motility); normal morphology % (percentage of sperm with normal morphology assessed with Papanicolaou staining); apoptosis % (percentage of sperm apoptosis assessed with AnV/PI assay); necrosis % (percentage of sperm necrosis assessed with AnV/PI assay). ; .