Impact of metabolic syndrome on the viability of human spermatozoa: a cross-sectional descriptive study in men from infertile couples

Table 5 Correlation between age, the anthropometry, the components of MetS and sperm survival test

SST		Age	BMI	WC	WHR	Glucose	Cholesterol	Triglycerides	HDL-C	LDL-C
PR-0 h	r	−0.06	0.03	0.07	0.00	− 0.09	0.00	0.10	0.07	−0.07
PR-0 h	p	0.40	0.69	0.32	0.97	0.19	0.95	0.16	0.30	0.33
PR-24 h	r	−0.17^*	−0.07	−0.06	− 0.04	−0.07	− 0.01	−0.04	0.10	−0.04
PR-24 h	p	0.02	0.30	0.39	0.55	0.32	0.95	0.57	0.15	0.57
SMI-24 h	r	−0.18^*	−0.08	−0.09	− 0.06	−0.07	− 0.01	−0.06	0.09	−0.04
SMI-24 h	p	0.01	0.25	0.23	0.42	0.31	0.90	0.37	0.20	0.62
Viability-0 h	r	−0.07	−0.04	0.02	−0.01	−0.09	− 0.03	0.05	0.08	−0.09
Viability-0 h	p	0.36	0.61	0.74	0.85	0.20	0.71	0.50	0.30	0.21
Viability-24 h	r	−0.18^*	−0.09	−0.05	− 0.08	−0.10	− 0.04	−0.03	0.10	−0.07
Viability-24 h	p	0.01	0.21	0.48	0.30	0.16	0.57	0.64	0.18	0.32
SVI-24 h	r	−0.19^**	−0.08	−0.06	− 0.09	−0.10	− 0.04	−0.05	0.09	−0.06
SVI-24 h	p	0.01	0.26	0.40	0.24	0.17	0.56	0.51	0.20	0.39

BMI body mass index; WC waist circumference; WHR waist-to-hip ratio; LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol. SST sperm survival test. PR progressive; SMI sperm motility index; SVI sperm viability index

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