Table 5 Summary of the Pearson’s correlations between plasma LH, FSH, testosterone, and cortisol with number of living years at brick kiln sites.

From: Biochemical and reproductive biomarker analysis to study the consequences of heavy metal burden on health profile of male brick kiln workers

Parameters

Correlation

Year of living (years)

Cortisol (µg/dl)

FSH (mIU/ml)

LH (mIU/ml)

Testosterone (ng/ml)

Year of living (years)

1

    

Cortisol (µg/dl)

r = 0.902**

1

   

P = 0.000

FSH (mIU/ml)

r =  − 0.777**

r =  − 0.946**

1

  

P = 0.000

P = 0.000

LH (mIU/ml)

r =  − 0.364*

r =  − 0.380*

r = 0.335*

1

 

P = 0.014

P = 0.01

P = 0.024

T (ng/ml)

r = 0.136

r = 0.164

r =  − 0.177

r =  − 0.22

1

P = 0.374

P = 0.283

P = 0.246

P = 0.146

  1. Pearson’s correlation and significant relation; Pearson’s correlation is shown with r whenever significant by P-value. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
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