Open AccessSemen quality of smoking and non‐smoking men in infertile couples in a Swedish population
Author(s) -
Osser Stellan,
BeckmanRamirez Anette,
Liedholm Percy
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349209009921
Subject(s) - medicine , semen , semen quality , sperm , male infertility , sperm motility , infertility , semen analysis , cigarette smoking , population , sperm quality , gynecology , fertility , andrology , physiology , pregnancy , biology , environmental health , genetics
A study of semen quality, using conventional semen analysis, was undertaken. 186 male smokers were compared with 164 non‐smoking men undergoing infertility investigation. The cigarette smokers were subdivided into three groups according to the number of cigarettes they smoked: < 10(n = 27), 10–19 (n = 84) and > 19 cigarettes per day ( n = 7.5). No statistically significant effect of cigarette smoking on sperm density, motility or morphologic features of sperm was detected. Nor was any significant difference in sperm quality, except for semen volume and total sperm count, disclosed between men in the different smoking categories or between heavy smokers and non‐smoking men. Thus, the present study does not corroborate reports of detrimental effects of cigarette smoking alone on sperm concentration, motility or morphology on the bases of this population of Swedish men in infertile couples.