Body mass index vis-à-vis total sperm count in attendees of a single andrology clinic

Stamatina C Nicopoulou; Maria Alexiou; Konstantinos Michalakis; Ioannis Ilias; Evangelia Venaki; Eftychia Koukkou; Georgios Mitios; Evagelia Billa; Dimitrios A Adamopoulos

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.093

Body mass index vis-à-vis total sperm count in attendees of a single andrology clinic

Fertil Steril. 2009 Sep;92(3):1016-1017. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.093. Epub 2009 Feb 24.

Authors

Stamatina C Nicopoulou¹, Maria Alexiou¹, Konstantinos Michalakis¹, Ioannis Ilias², Evangelia Venaki¹, Eftychia Koukkou¹, Georgios Mitios¹, Evagelia Billa¹, Dimitrios A Adamopoulos¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: iiliasmd@yahoo.com.

PMID: 19243747
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.093

Abstract

In this large series of 349 unselected men, no significant relationship between body mass index and total sperm count was found. Thus, the association of body mass index and sperm count reported in some studies was not confirmed.

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MeSH terms

Adult
Body Mass Index*
Humans
Infertility, Male / etiology
Infertility, Male / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sperm Count*