Body mass index vis-à-vis total sperm count in attendees of a single andrology clinic.
In this large series of 349 unselected men, no significant relationship between body mass index and total sperm count was found. Thus, the association of body mass index and sperm count reported in some studies was not confirmed.
Nicopoulou
Stamatina C
SC
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Alexiou
Maria
M
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Michalakis
Konstantinos
K
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Ilias
Ioannis
I
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: iiliasmd@yahoo.com.
Venaki
Evangelia
E
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Koukkou
Eftychia
E
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Mitios
Georgios
G
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Billa
Evagelia
E
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Adamopoulos
Dimitrios A
DA
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece.
D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013076:Sperm Count