Does being overweight affect seminal variables in fertile men?

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• 作者：Emad A. Taha^a ; Sohair K. Sayed^b ; Hisham D. Gaber^a ; Hatem K. Abdel Hafez^a ; Nagwa Ghandour^c ; Asmaa Zahran^d ; Taymour Mostafa^e ; ^{taymour1155@link.net}Author Vitae
• 关键词：BMI ; male infertility ; obesity ; oxidative stress ; semen ; sperm DNA fragmentation
• 刊名：Reproductive BioMedicine Online
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：33
• 期：6
• 页码：703-708
• 全文大小：588 K
• 卷排序：33

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The effect of being overweight on seminal variables was assesed in 165 fertile men. Participants were divided into three groups: fertile men with normal body mass index (BMI) (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), fertile overweight men (BMI 25–29.9 kg/m2) and fertile obese men (BMI >30 kg/m2). Medical history was taken, a clinical examination conducted. Semen analysis was undertaken and BMI measured. Seminal reactive oxygen species (ROS) was estimated by chemiluminescent assay, sperm vitality by the hypo-osmotic swelling test and sperm DNA fragmentation by propidium iodide staining with flowcytometry. Fertile obese men had significantly lower sperm concentration, progressive sperm motility and sperm normal morphology, with significantly higher seminal ROS and sperm DNA fragmentation compared with fertile normal-weight men and overweight men (all P < 0.05). BMI was negatively correlated with sperm concentration (r = −0.091; P = 0.014), progressive sperm motility (r = −0.697; P = 0.001), normal sperm morphology (r = −0.510; P = 0.001), sperm vitality (r = −0.586; P = 0.001), but positively correlated with sperm DNA fragmentation percentage (r = 0.799; P = 0.001) and seminal ROS (r = 0.673; P = 0.001). Increased BMI was found to affect semen parameters negatively even in fertile men.