Impact of seminal trace element and glutathione levels on semen quality of Tunisian infertile men

BMC Urology

Table 3 Seminal antioxidant status and MDA concentrations of the different studied groups

Parameters	Fertile (n = 60)	Astheno (n = 74)	Oligo (n = 56)	Terato (60)		P-Value
					Fertile Vs. Astheno	Fertile Vs. Oligo	Fertile VS. Terato
Zinc (mg/l)	144 ± 42.13	122 ± 34.69	120.51 ± 25.33	126 ± 24.82	0.02	0.008	0.04
Mean ± SD Min-Max	49.00-239	54.00-190	46.52-94.55	52-200
Selenium (μg/l)	64 ± 20.64	56.00 ± 22.81	55.00 ± 21.44	57.00 ± 24.31	NS	NS	NS
Mean Min-Max	44.00-84.00	30.00-72.00	41.00-69.00	36.00-76.00
GSHt (μmol/l)	57.00 ± 19.54	38.41 ± 23.92	52.86 ± 7.08	45.77 ± 17.62	< 0.001	NS	0.002
Mean ± SD Min-Max	25.63-99.55	7.18-96.84	43.88-60.86	14.22-68.45
GSSG (μmol/l)	22.81 ± 13.38	21.89 ± 12.67	24.84 ± 11.75	9.74 ± 5.82	NS	NS	< 0.001
Mean ± SD Min-Max	0.00-55.19	2.63-79.07	8.82-43.86	2.27-35.53
GSHr	34.27 ± 14.91	16.63 ± 12.83	28.00 ± 14.22	36.00 ± 16.71	< 0.001	NS	NS
Mean ± SD Min-Max	19.00-55.00	13.00-31.00	13.85-43.00	19.00-42.00
MDA (μmol/l)	2.30 ± 0.94	3.52 ± 1.93	3.21 ± 1.37	3.64 ± 1.73	0.002	0.004	< 0.001
Mean ± SD Min-Max	1.37-2.33	2.21-4.83	2.28-4.29	2.66-4.68

Note: Astheno = Asthenozoospermics, Oligo = Oligozoospermics, Terato = Teratozoospermics, GSHt = Total glutathione, GSSG = Oxidized glutathione, GSHr = reduced glutathione, MDA = Malondialdehyde acid, Max = maximum, Min = minimum, ml = millilitre, SD = Standard Deviation, NS = Not significant. Data are expressed as means ± SD. P ≤ 0.05 = significant.

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