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Table 1 Ejaculated and epididymal sperm—descriptive statistics

From: The ABCA1 blocking agent probucol decreases capacitation in ejaculated dog spermatozoa

 

Ejaculated (n = 21)

X ± SD

Epididymal (n = 11)

X ± SD

P = 

Conc. raw × 106

451.5 ± 101.0

158.8 ± 129.0

0.012

Conc. final × 106

97.7 ± 6.1

88.9 ± 28.3

0.423

M %

92.7 ± 0.7

71.0 ± 11.8

0.000

P %

85.3 ± 4.1

58.8 ± 14.0

0.000

VAP µm/s

116.3 ± 10.1

77 ± 22.6

0.000

VCL µm/s

179.8 ± 19.3

153 ± 43.9

0.024

VSL µm/s

105.4 ± 9.3

61.8 ± 24.4

0.000

DAP µm

51 ± 4.17

35 ± 9.9

0.001

DCL µm

79.1 ± 8.3

70 ± 19.7

0.190

DSL µm

46.3 ± 3.9

28.1 ± 10.7

0.000

STR %

0.9 ± 0.01

0.7 ± 0.08

0.002

LIN %

0.5 ± 0.05

0.4 ± 0.1

0.000

Viab %

92.5 ± 4.9

67.1 ± 11.0

0.000

Acr %

9.1 ± 0.9

29.4 ± 10.3

0.000

Total %

31.9 ± 3.2

77.9 ± 10.8

0.000

  1. Acr acrosome damages, Conc. raw concentration of raw sperm, conc. final concentration after dilution, DAP distance average path, DCL distance curved line, DSL distance straight line, Ejaculated ejaculated sperm, Epididymal sperm samples from epididymal tails, LIN linear coefficient, M motility, P = progressive motility, STR mean coefficient, Total percentage of morphologically abnormal sperm, VAP mean velocity, VCL curvilinear velocity, Viab viability, VSP linear velocity