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