Life styles of men in barren couples and their relationship to sperm quality. Int J Fertil 1992;37(6):343-9
Date
11/01/1992Pubmed ID
1360454Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0026442120 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 50 CitationsAbstract
This study is based on a questionnaire which focused on the possible association between life-style factors and male fertility in a group of 252 men attending our laboratory in connection with a fertility investigation. Their answers were correlated to sperm quality. No association could be documented between sperm quality and smoking habits, coffee drinking, a moderate alcohol intake, exposure to heat (sauna, hot baths, type of underwear, sedentary activities), or physical activities in their leisure time. In contrast, the reported average ejaculation frequency was significantly positively correlated to the motility of the sperm (% progressive), and inversely related to the proportion of sperm with abnormal morphology and semen volume. This indicates that the life style of the subject has little if any impact on semen quality, at least within the limits recorded in the present study.
Author List
Oldereid NB, Rui H, Purvis KMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Alcohol DrinkingBody Temperature
Coffee
Ejaculation
Exercise
Hot Temperature
Humans
Infertility, Male
Life Style
Male
Scrotum
Smoking
Sperm Motility
Spermatozoa
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
