ASSESSMENT OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, HUMIDITY AND DAYLIGHT IMPACT UPON SEMEN QUALITY

BELTRAMONE, FERNANDO; VAZQUEZ-LEVIN, MÓNICA HEBE; VERÓN, GUSTAVO LUIS; ESTOFAN, GUSTAVO; TISSERA, ANDREA DANIELA; MOLINA, ROSA ISABEL

Congreso; Reunión Anual de Sociedades de Biociencia 2019; 2019

Testicular function is a temperature-dependent process, and highsummer temperatures have been linked to lower spermconcentration and count. This study aims to assess the impact oftemperature, pressure, humidity and daylight on semen quality.Semen samples were obtained from men subjected to semenevaluation as part of routine andrology workup (n= 11,657; January2010- November 2016) and computer-assisted sperm analysis(CASA; n= 4,705) at the Laboratorio de Andrología y Reproducción(LAR), following WHO 2010 criteria. Temperature, pressure,humidity and daylight (average, minimum and maximum) readingswere obtained from the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional forCórdoba region. Statistical analyses were performed with R(significant differences