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Table 2 Distribution of semen parameters for the participants (n = 1554)

From: Association between ambient particulate matter exposure and semen quality in fertile men

Semen parametera

Mean (SD)

Percentile

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

Semen volume (ml)

2.7 (1.3)

1.0

2.0

2.0

3.0

5.0

Sperm concentration (106/ml)

62.0 (32.0)

23.3

37.1

58.3

84.4

108.0

Total sperm number (106)

172.2 (129.9)

39.6

79.2

142.6

231.3

341.7

Total motility (%)

55.2 (19.3)

28.5

42.0

56.2

69.3

80.0

Progressive motility (%)

43.8 (16.9)

21.9

31.8

44.1

55.9

65.4

VCL (μm/s)

47.7 (8.9)

37.3

42.1

47.2

53.3

59.2

VSL (μm/s)

29.8 (6.1)

23.0

25.8

29.6

33.6

37.6

VAP (μm/s)

33.5 (6.2)

26.4

29.4

33.4

37.5

41.3

BCF (Hz)

5.1 (0.7)

4.3

4.6

5.1

5.5

6.0

ALH (μm/s)

3.6 (1.1)

2.4

2.9

3.6

4.3

4.9

LIN (%)

61.3 (7.5)

52.1

56.2

61.2

66.4

70.8

STR (%)

85.2 (4.1)

80.2

83.0

85.6

88.0

89.8

WOB (%)

70.3 (6.4)

62.6

65.7

70.2

74.6

78.3

MAD (°)

56.6 (7.9)

46.8

52.0

57.2

62.1

65.9

  1. aALH amplitude of lateral head displacement, BCF beat cross frequency, LIN linearity, MAD mean angular displacement, SD standard deviation, STR straightness, VAP average path velocity, VCL curvilinear velocity, VSL straight line velocity, WOB curvilinear path wobble