Association of lifestyle factors with semen quality: A pilot study conducted in men from the Portuguese Trás‐os‐Montes and Alto Douro region followed in fertility support consultations
| Autor: | Osvaldo Moutinho, Joana Matos, Regina Arantes-Rodrigues, Rosário Pinto-Leite, Zélia Gomes, Patrícia Pinto‐Pinho, Miguel Brito, Bruno Colaço |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Urology media_common.quotation_subject 030232 urology & nephrology Pilot Projects Fertility Physical exercise Overweight Body Mass Index Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Semen quality 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Occupational Exposure Humans Medicine Exercise Life Style media_common 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Smoking General Medicine Environmental exposure Middle Aged medicine.disease Sperm Obesity Semen Analysis medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Andrologia. 52 |
| ISSN: | 1439-0272 0303-4569 |
| Popis: | A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted in men followed in fertility consultations, from the portuguese Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro region, in order to associate several lifestyle factors with the spermatic parameters. Of a total of 522 men, 373 were compared based on the occupational exposure to harmful factors, smoking habits and practice of physical exercise per week, and the other 149 men according to their body mass index (normal weight vs. overweight vs. obesity). In the absence of harmful occupational factors, physical exercise seems to be associated with sperm quality improvement, whether individuals smoke or not. When exposed to harmful environments, non-smokers that practice physical exercise more than two times per week tended to present the best vitality, normal morphology and sperm concentration (p > .05). However, if they smoke, physical exercise seems not enough to enhance the spermatic parameters. The BMI correlated negatively with the spermatic quality, especially with sperm concentration (p |
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