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Importance of Zinc Concentration in Seminal Fluid of Men Diagnosed with Infertility
- Source :
- Acta clinica Croatica, Volume 59., Issue 1., Acta Clinica Croatica, Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 59, Iss 1., Pp 154-159 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center (KBC Sestre milosrdnice), 2020.
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Abstract
- The prevalence and importance of male infertility make it a serious worldwide medical and social problem. The aim of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences in zinc concentrations in seminal fluid in men diagnosed with infertility compared to control group, and if there were, to determine how it affected the number and percentage of sperm cells with normal motility and morphology. A case-control study was conducted in the Osijek-Baranja County from January 2014 to June of 2015. The study included 276 subjects referred to biochemistry laboratory of the Osijek University Hospital Centre, 100 (36.2%) of them with low sperm count confirmed by spermiogram after 3 months. Semen samples were processed according to the World Health Organization criteria, and zinc concentrations were determined using spectrophotometry and direct colorimetry without deproteinization on a chemistry analyzer (Olympus AU 680, Beckman Coulter, Tokyo, Japan). Study results showed the men with low sperm count to be significantly older (Mann Whitney U test: p=0.013) and to have lower zinc levels (χ2-test: p<br />Muška neplodnost s obzirom na njenu učestalost i važnost predstavlja ozbiljan globalni medicinski i socijalni problem. Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je utvrditi postoje li značajne razlike koncentracije cinka u sjemenoj tekućini muškaraca s dijagnozom smanjene plodnosti u odnosu na kontrolnu skupinu te ako postoje, utvrditi kako razina cinka djeluje na broj, postotak pokretnih i broj morfološki normalnih spermija. Studija slučajeva i kontrola provedena je na području Osječko-baranjske županije u razdoblju od siječnja 2014. godine do lipnja 2015. godine. U studiju je bilo uključeno 276 ispitanika koji su bili upućeni u biokemijski laboratorij KBC-a Osijek, od kojih je kod 100 (36,2%) ispitanika potvrđena dijagnoza smanjene plodnosti ponovljenim spermogramom nakon 3 mjeseca. Uzorci sjemene tekućine obrađeni su u skladu s kriterijima Svjetske zdravstvene organizacije, a koncentracija cinka određena je spektrofotometrijskom, direktnom kolorimetrijskom metodom bez deproteinizacije na kemijskom analizatoru tipa Olympus AU 680 (Beckman Coulter, Tokyo, Japan). Istraživanje je pokazalo kako su muškarci s dijagnozom smanjene plodnosti značajno stariji (Mann Whitney U test: p=0,013) i imaju značajno niže vrijednosti cinka (χ2-test: p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Infertility
030213 general clinical medicine
0209 industrial biotechnology
medicine.medical_specialty
Croatia
lcsh:Medicine
Semen
Case-control studies
02 engineering and technology
Hrvatska
Neplodnost muškarca
Cink
Studija slučajeva i kontrola
Oligospermija
Sperma
Male infertility
03 medical and health sciences
020901 industrial engineering & automation
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Infertility, male
Zinc
Oligospermia
Azoospermia
Sperm Count
business.industry
Obstetrics
lcsh:R
Case-control study
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Sperm
Sperm Motility
Mann–Whitney U test
Preliminary Communications
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03539466 and 13339451
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Clinica Croatica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b225ae11bdd767f692ed0fc61076eaa1