Stretched penile length and its associations with testosterone and infertility
| Autor: | James M. Hotaling, Andrew R. Christiansen, Sorena Keihani, William O. Brant, Austen D. Slade |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Infertility
Gynecology medicine.medical_specialty 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine business.industry Prostatectomy Secondary sex characteristic Urology medicine.medical_treatment 030232 urology & nephrology Testosterone (patch) Disease medicine.disease Male infertility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reproductive Medicine Patient age Medicine Original Article Penile surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Transl Androl Urol |
| ISSN: | 2223-4691 2223-4683 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Male infertility can be associated with secondary sexual characteristics, hypogonadism, and several findings in the examination of external genitalia. We sought to identify if stretched penile length (SPL) is associated with infertility or baseline testosterone. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all males age 18–59 presenting to a Men’s health clinic from 2014 to 2017. SPL of patients with infertility were compared to patients with any other complaint. Patients with Peyronie’s disease, prior penile surgery, prostatectomy, on testosterone replacement, clomiphene or β-hCG were excluded from our study. Baseline characteristics were compared between the two groups (infertile vs. other). Linear regression was used to assess the association between infertility and testosterone with SPL after adjusting for patient age, BMI, and race. Scatterplot was used for correlation between testosterone and SPL. RESULTS: Six hundred and sixty-four men were included in our study (161 infertile, 503 other). The unadjusted mean SPL in the infertile group was 12.3 cm compared to 13.4 cm in the other group (P |
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