Table 1.
Characteristic of subjects’ age and semen quality parameters of study groups.
Figure 1.
Levels of 8-oxodG in spermatozoa and leukocytes.
A, Levels of 8-oxodG in leukocytes DNA compared with sperm DNA in samples from all studied subjects. B, Levels of 8-oxodG in leukocytes DNA and sperm DNA in control group. C, Levels of 8-oxodG in sperm DNA in different studied groups. D, Levels of 8-oxodG in leukocytes DNA in different studied groups.
Table 2.
Comparison of the analytical parameters among the study groups.
Figure 2.
Relationship between 8-oxodG level in sperm DNA and various semen parameters: A, sperm concentration; B, total sperm number; C, progressive motility; D, total motility; E, normal forms of spermatozoa.
Figure 3.
Relationship between seminal plasma ascorbic acid concentration versus: A, level of 8-oxodG in sperm DNA; B, percentage of sperm with normal morphology.
Figure 4.
Ascorbic acid concentration in blood plasma and seminal plasma in samples from all studied subjects.
Figure 5.
Relationship between urinary excretion 8-oxoGua and the level of 8-oxodG in sperm DNA in all studied subjects.
Figure 6.
The effect of cigarette smoking on: A, ascorbic acid concentration in blood plasma; B, level of 8-oxodG in leukocyte DNA.