Relationship between obesity-related markers, biochemical metabolic parameters, hormonal profiles and sperm parameters among men attending an infertility clinic

Obesity causes many health problems as well as has negative effects on fertility. However, little is known about the association between obesity-related markers (hip circumference (HC), waist circumference (WC), waist to hip ratio (WHR), waist to height ratio (WHtR), body fat mass (BFM), skeletal muscle (SM), resting metabolism (RM), visceral fat (VF), and visceral adiposity index (VAI)) and sperm parameters. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 98 men in three groups: normal-weight (Nw; body mass index: BMI 25 kg/m