| Table 3. Spearman'scorrelation within the varicocele group to verify the correlation between cytochemical parameters and sperm DNA fragmentation |
| Varicocele group n=391 |
Spearman's correlation (%) Sperm DNA fragmentation |
| r |
95% Confidence Interval |
p |
| Early apoptosis (%) |
0.13 |
0.002 to 0.25 |
0.04 |
| CMA3positive (%) |
0.10 |
-0.03 to 0.23 |
0.11 |
| Abnormal MMP (%) |
0.32 |
0.15 to 0.46 |
<0.001 |
| Leukocytes concentration (x106/ml) |
-0.003 |
-0.11 to 0.10 |
0.95 |