Combined effects of obesity, alcohol and smoking habit on semen quality of 2483 men attending an andrology clinic

MARTINI AC; TISSERA A; VINCENTI LM; ESTOFÁN D; BELTRAMONE F; SAD J; RUIZ RD; FIOL DE CUNEO M; MOLINA R

Sevilla

Congreso; V Congreso Internacional de Medicina Reproductiva; 2013

Several factors have been identified as detrimental for sperm physiology (i.e. tobacco, alcohol, obesity, endocrine disruptors, etc); however, none of them can justify seminal decline by itself. Therefore, the objective of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the combined effects of obesity and tobacco and/or alcohol consumption on semen quality of men who attended an andrology laboratory in Argentine. Patients (n=2483) were not azoospermic and had no history of toxin exposure (pesticides, radiations, etc), genitourinary diseases or surgeries. Data were analyzed by MANCOVA, with age and abstinence as co-variables and as factors: body mass index (BMI) [normal (20≤BMI