Table 2 Spearman’s correlation of mtDNAcn and mtDNAdel rate with semen parameters and sperm chromatin characteristics following periods of high and low air pollution, adjusted for age.

From: Association between sperm mitochondrial DNA copy number and deletion rate and industrial air pollution dynamics

 

MtDNAcn

MtDNAdel

High pollution

Low pollution

High pollution

Low pollution

Rho

P

Rho

P

Rho

P

Rho

P

Concentration

−0.321*

0.019

−0.364**

0.007

0.227

0.103

0.215

0.123

Progressive motility

−0.280*

0.043

−0.278*

0.044

0.110

0.434

0.058

0.679

Morphology

−0.347*

0.011

−0.296*

0.031

−0.149

0.288

−0.228

0.100

Viability

−0.473**

 < 0.001

−0.251

0.070

−0.053

0.705

−0.083

0.557

SCSA-DFI

0.269

0.051

0.461**

 < 0.001

−0.104

0.461

0.252

0.068

SCSA-HDS

0.270

0.051

0.419**

0.002

−0.199

0.154

−0.029

0.839

MtDNAdel

0.425**

0.001

0.158

0.258

1

–

1

–

MtDNAcn

1

–

1

–

0.425**

0.001

0.158

0.258

  1. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
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