Body mass index vis-à-vis total sperm count in attendees of a single andrology clinic.

Autor: Nicopoulou SC; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Alexiou M; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Michalakis K; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Ilias I; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: iiliasmd@yahoo.com., Venaki E; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Koukkou E; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Mitios G; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Billa E; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece., Adamopoulos DA; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2009 Sep; Vol. 92 (3), pp. 1016-1017. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Feb 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.093
Abstrakt: In this large series of 349 unselected men, no significant relationship between body mass index and total sperm count was found. Thus, the association of body mass index and sperm count reported in some studies was not confirmed.
Databáze: MEDLINE