Table 2 Correlation coefficient (r) between semen quality parameters and testicular blood flow in varicocele patients (n = 27)
From: Pattern of varicocele vein blood gases in patients undergoing microsurgical Varicocelectomy
Variable | Sub capsular artery | Intra parenchymal artery | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peak systolic velocity | Resistive index | Peak systolic velocity | Resistive index | |||||
r | p-value | r | p-value | R | p-value | r | p-value | |
Sperm count (million/mL) | 0.329 | 0.094 | −0.194 | 0.332 | 0.001 | 0.998 | −0.76 | 0.012 |
Progressive motility (%) | 0.094 | 0.640 | −0.505 | 0.007 | − 0.160 | 0.424 | − 0.498 | 0.008 |
Non-progressive motility (%) | 0.209 | 0.296 | −0.194 | 0.333 | −0.098 | 0.626 | −0.325 | 0.098 |
Immotile (%) | 0.220 | 0.270 | 0.291 | 0.141 | 0.226 | 0.258 | 0.206 | 0.304 |
Morphology (%) | 0.463 | −0.015 | −0.157 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.48 | −0.152 | 0.45 |