Variables VIP Value Regression Coefficients for centered and scaled data Regression Coefficients for data in original scale
Intercept - 0.000 1022.215
Total Motility (TM) 1.40 0.150 0.257
Progressive Motility (PM) 1.38 0.159 0.340
Beat Cross Frequency (BCF) 0.87 -0.114 -0.669
Rapidly moving cells (RAP) 1.40 0.157 0.314
TM_2h 0.88 -0.033 -0.054
PM_2h 0.84 0.016 0.039
VAP_2h 0.83 0.178 0.558
BCF_2h 0.80 -0.069 -0.286
RAP_2h 0.84 0.006 0.013
HOST + 0.83 0.098 0.143
IPIA 0.82 0.026 0.055
IPM 0.82 0.023 0.050
IPNP 0.81 0.052 0.108
IPP 1.60 -0.323 -5.596
Major Defects 0.87 0.127 0.420
Total Defects 0.95 0.136 0.445
Widht:Lenght ratio 1.00 -0.073 -180.827
Fourier_0 0.95 0.102 0.011
Fourier_2 0.85 -0.145 -0.145
Anterior-posterior simmetry 0.85 -0.188 -1011.974
Cromatin heterogeneity 0.85 -0.0414 -0.339
Sperm concentration 0.97 0.174 0.196
TM_2h: TM after 2 h of thermal incubation; PM_2h: PM after 2 h of thermal incubation; VAP_2h: Average patway velocity after 2 h of thermal incubation; BCF_2h: BCF after 2 h of thermal incubation; HOST +: intact plasma membrane evaluated by Hiposmotic Swelling Test; IPIA: intact plasma and acrosomal membranes evaluated by flow cytometry; IPM: total percentage of sperm cells presenting intact plasma membranes; IPNP: intact plasma membrane with no lipid peroxidation detected; IPP: intact plasma membrane suffering lipid peroxidation.
Table 2: Variable importance for projection (VIP) and regression coefficients values obtained after the last run of partial least square (PLS) procedure, performed for sperm variables in the prediction of conception rate.