[Study of correlation and effect of smoking on semen quality of men].
OBJECTIVE
To study the correlation and effect of smoking on the semen quality of men.


METHODS
61 men, non-smoker, who had one or more children as normal fertility control group and adult males attending the infertility clinic, including 110 non-smokers and 191 smokers, were recruited for the study. The smokers were divided into subgroups according to the amount and duration of smoking. Semen parameters(volume, sperm density, viability, motility and morphology) were examined and seminal plasma contents of Zn, Cu and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined.


RESULTS
The semen volume, pH, sperm density, viability and forward progression, as well as the seminal plasma contents of Zn, Cu and SOD were much lower in the medium, heavy and long-term smokers than in the non-smokers(P < 0.01). The sperm density, viability and forward progression, and the seminal plasma Zn, Cu and SOD levels were negatively correlation with the amount and duration of cigarette smoking(P < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The effect of smoking on semen parameters of infertile men were dose-effect and time-effect relationship. Medium, heavy and long-term smoking adversely affected the semen quality in a population of men visiting the infertility clinic.
Zhang
Jin-Ping
JP
Department of Histology and Embryology, Jining Medical College, Jining, Shandong 272013, China.
Meng
Qing-Yu
QY
Zhang
Lei-Jia
LJ
Mao
Yi-Long
YL
Sun
Zhuo-Xiang
ZX
D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000502:physiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013223:Statistics as Topic