Parameters | Testicular cancer (n = 101) Mean ± S.D | Lymphoma (n = 67) Mean ± S.D | Leukemia (n = 44) Mean ± S.D | Gastroenterological malignancies (n = 35) Mean ± S.D | Other malignancies (n = 104) Mean ± S.D | P value | P value# (Multiple comparisons) |
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Age (years) | 29.79 ± 5.34 | 29.13 ± 7.67 | 29.68 ± 6.85 | 33.91 ± 6.57 | 33.41 ± 8.33 | 0.000 | TC vs. GE: 0.027; TC vs. OM: 0.003; LY vs. GE: 0.012; LY vs. OM: 0.001; LE vs. OM: 0.030 |
TV (ml) | 20.67 ± 7.44 | 26.45 ± 4.61 | 27.11 ± 3.21 | 27.03 ± 3.81 | 27.18 ± 3.78 | 0.000 | TC vs. LY, LE, GE, OM: all 0.000 |
Semen volume (ml) | 2.62 ± 1.13 | 2.71 ± 1.79 | 2.76 ± 1.39 | 2.75 ± 1.58 | 2.58 ± 1.40 | 0.937 | all > 0.05 |
Sperm concentration (× 106/ml) | 31.56 ± 28.61 | 65.19 ± 48.22 | 50.13 ± 43.26 | 79.09 ± 71.66 | 67.04 ± 47.76 | 0.000 | TC vs. LY, GE, OM: all 0.000 |
Total sperm count (× 106/ejaculate) | 79.27 ± 85.15 | 180.86 ± 201.80 | 139.05 ± 142.70 | 205.10 ± 247.54 | 161.18 ± 142.86 | 0.000 | TC vs. LY, GE, OM: 0.000, 0.000, 0.002 |
Progressive sperm rate (%) | 40.82 ± 16.49 | 46.08 ± 18.33 | 31.39 ± 16.88 | 40.00 ± 15.54 | 44.46 ± 16.09 | 0.000 | LE vs. TC, LY, OM: 0.016, 0.000, 0.000 |
RPFT (%) | 23.48 ± 13.92 | 26.24 ± 18.02 | 15.33 ± 13.88 | 24.43 ± 14.51 | 25.87 ± 15.88 | 0.004 | LE vs. TC, LY, OM: 0.040, 0.004, 0.003 |
TPSB (× 106/ejaculate) | 34.56 ± 41.11 | 77.87 ± 73.90 | 47.75 ± 54.31 | 87.37 ± 115.70 | 76.15 ± 81.30 | 0.000 | TC vs. LY, GE, OM: 0.001, 0.002, 0.000 |
TPSA (× 106/ejaculate) | 22.10 ± 30.73 | 46.06 ± 53.36 | 23.85 ± 30.32 | 62.93 ± 105.86 | 50.97 ± 63.21 | 0.000 | TC vs. GE, OM: all 0.003 |
RRPM (%) | 55.57 ± 24.88 | 55.49 ± 25.15 | 39.43 ± 30.73 | 61.94 ± 25.16 | 52.78 ± 26.79 | 0.002 | LE vs. TC, LY, GE, OM: 0.007, 0.015, 0.002, 0.040 |