Associations between andrological measures, hormones and semen quality in fertile Australian men: inverse relationship between obesity and sperm output | Zendy

T.M. Stewart | Zendy; D.Y. Liu | Zendy; Claire Garrett | Zendy; Niels Jørgensen | Zendy; Elizabeth Brown | Zendy; H.W.G. Baker | Zendy

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Associations between andrological measures, hormones and semen quality in fertile Australian men: inverse relationship between obesity and sperm output

Author(s) -

T.M. Stewart,

D.Y. Liu,

Claire Garrett,

Niels Jørgensen,

Elizabeth Brown,

H.W.G. Baker

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dep075

Subject(s) - semen , sperm , semen quality , semen analysis , obesity , hormone , sperm quality , biology , endocrinology , fertility , physiology , infertility , medicine , andrology , population , genetics , pregnancy , environmental health

The World Health Organization developed a time to pregnancy (TTP) study (number of menstrual cycles taken to conceive) to determine whether the average TTP is increasing and semen quality decreasing with time. The present study describes clinical, semen and hormone characteristics obtained from male partners of pregnant women in Melbourne, Australia, and examines the associations between these characteristics.

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