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Cigarette smoking is related to a decrease in semen volume in a population of fertile men
- Source :
- BJU International. 97:324-326
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2006.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE To evaluate the semen quality and hormonal levels in fertile men according to their level of cigarette smoking. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We evaluated 889 fertile men who came for a vasectomy for sterilization purposes. The men included 522 non-smokers, 143 mild smokers ( 20/day). We evaluated sperm concentration, motility, motion variables and hormonal levels in these men. RESULTS There were no significant differences among the groups in sperm concentration or motility, or in levels of follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, or serum total testosterone. Also, sperm motion characteristics did not differ across the groups. Semen volume was the only semen variable which tended to decrease according to the number of cigarettes smoked. CONCLUSIONS Cigarette smoking had no apparent effect on sperm concentration, motility or reproductive hormonal levels, but tended to reduce semen volume.
- Subjects :
- Male
Infertility
endocrine system
Urology
Population
Semen
Andrology
Semen quality
Humans
Medicine
Testosterone
education
Infertility, Male
Retrospective Studies
Analysis of Variance
education.field_of_study
Sperm Count
urogenital system
business.industry
Smoking
Vasectomy
Luteinizing Hormone
medicine.disease
Sperm
Sperm Motility
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
business
Luteinizing hormone
Hormone
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1464410X and 14644096
- Volume :
- 97
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BJU International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0c0d6b6f37cfef78149315a783cb3624