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Cigarette smoking and sperm quality *
Author(s) -
Holzki G.,
Gall H.,
Hermann J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1991.tb02517.x
Subject(s) - sperm , semen quality , sperm motility , spermatogenesis , semen , male infertility , sperm quality , andrology , medicine , infertility , cigarette smoking , semen analysis , motility , physiology , gynecology , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Summary. The effect of cigarette smoking on conventional semen parameters (volume, total sperm count, sperm count/ml, total motility, progressive motility, morphology) was studied retrospectively in 90 healthy patients (50 non‐smokers, 40 smokers) of our infertility clinic. Both groups, comparable in age, height and weight, were subdivided into two age groups (< 28 years, ≥ 28 years). Smokers were found to have sperm volumes significantly smaller than non‐smokers of the same age. No additional effects on sperm parameters were found. Cigarette smoking revealed no detrimental effect on spermatogenesis.