title: Cigarette smoking and the risk of male infertility.
abstract: In this research we investigated the effect of cigarette smoking on sperm parameters both before and after swim-up. Semen sample provided from fertile smoker (n = 25), fertile nonsmoker (n = 21), infertile smoker (n = 23) and infertile nonsmoker men (n = 32). Semen analysis was performed manually according to the World Health Organization (WHO) standards guidelines. Present research showed that sperm parameters quality in smoker men was approximately lower than nonsmoker men. As well as present research showed that cigarette smoking has dose dependent effect on sperm parameters, but this effect was not significant. Therefore, it appears that cigarette smoking is associated with reduced sperm quality and the risk of idiopathic male infertility in smoker men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Mazandaran University, Code Post: 47416-1467 Babolsar, Iran.
authors.forename: A Hosseinzadeh
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Colagar
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Jorsaraee
authors.forename: E Tahmasbpour
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Marzony
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk; D012661:Semen / Q000187:drug effects; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects*