Table 5 Sexually transmitted infections on semen quality in patients with LCS

Semen volume (ml), median (Q1, Q3)

2.0

(1.1, 2.9)

3.0

(2.7, 5.1)

2.8

(1.8, 3.6)

2.1

(1.6, 2.8)

1.5

(1.1, 1.8)^b

2.0

(1.0, 2.5)

2.9

(2.0, 4.0)

0.003

Sperm concentration (× 10⁶/ml), median (Q1, Q3)

35.1

(26.8, 62.0)

60.9

(27.7, 106.1)

110.6

(17.6, 254.6)

45.1

(22.8, 83.2)

48.2

(27.0, 97.7)

46.7

(30.8, 121.5)

69.2

(28.8, 106.8)

0.65

Progressive sperm motility (%), median (Q1, Q3)

33.1

(18.4, 43.2)

30.3

(21.3, 38.6)

32.7

(10.5, 58.0)

34.7

(15.8, 41.6)

40.3

(19.6, 50.1)

39.5

(36.5, 55.4)

31.5

(19.0, 45.1)

0.69

Total sperm motility (%), median (Q1, Q3)

37.7

(19.8, 50.0)

39.6

(27.0, 50.8)

39.1

(12.1, 68.1)

40.2

(19.2, 46.1)

46.0

(22.2, 55.5)

55.2

(44.3, 65.1)

38.2

(22.5, 55.6)

0.56

Normal sperm morphology (%), median (Q1, Q3)

5.0

(3.3, 6.0)

5.5

(2.8, 8.0)

4.0

(2.0, 11.0)

5.0

(4.0, 6.0)

5.5

(3.5, 6.0)

6.0

(3.5, 7.5)

5.0

(3.3, 7.0)

0.99

Leukocytes (×10⁶/ml), median (Q1, Q3)

6.2

(4.1, 11.9)

4.2

(3.1, 6.0)

2.9

(2.4, 8.1)

3.8

(3.1, 6.2)

4.3

(2.4, 6.3)

5.5

(4.0, 9.1)

4.2

(2.6, 7.0)

0.55