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Table 3 Correlation coefficients for relationships between age, obesity-associated markers and semen parameters

From: Association between obesity-associated markers and semen quality parameters and serum reproductive hormones in Chinese infertile men

 

Age

Height#

Weight

BMI

WC

Hip

WHR

WHtR#

Semen volume

PR

PR + NP

Sperm concentration

Height (cm)#

−0.085

           

Weight (kg)

0.079

0.363****

          

BMI

0.142

−0.005

0.926****

         

WC (cm)

0.174*

0.136

0.887****

0.912****

        

Hip (cm)

0.087

0.153*

0.861****

0.880****

0.897****

       

WHR

0.234***

0.098

0.659****

0.686****

0.844****

0.523****

      

WHtR#

0.223***

−0.115

0.780****

0.895****

0.960****

0.814****

0.859****

     

Semen volume (mL)

−0.153*

0.124

−0.080

− 0.132

− 0.092

− 0.096

−0.049

− 0.077

    

Ratio of PR sperm (%)

−0.121

− 0.004

− 0.031

− 0.035

− 0.098

−0.024

− 0.144

− 0.128

− 0.078

   

Ratio of PR + NP sperm (%)

−0.109

0.001

−0.035

− 0.037

− 0.111

−0.037

− 0.156*

−0.148*

− 0.092

0.954****

  

Sperm concentration (106/ml)

−0.089

− 0.095

− 0.133

− 0.121

− 0.181*

− 0.170*

− 0.144

− 0.200**

− 0.081

0.385****

0.489****

 

Ratio of morphologically normal sperm

−0.048

− 0.052

0.061

0.082

0.091

0.073

0.089

0.095

0.004

0.009

−0.017

− 0.017

  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.005; **** p < 0.0001; # not normally distributed by Shapiro-Wilk normality test