ASSOCIATION OF CORTISOL AND VITAMINE D IN SEMINAL PLASMA WITH SPERM QUALITY

PUGLIESE, NORMA; GONZALEZ, DIEGO; CHENLO, P; ARIAGNO, J; FURLAN, J; CURI, S; BALBI, A; BERG, GABRIELA; MENDELUK, G; FABRE, BIBIANA

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Congreso; Reunion Conjunta de sociedades de Biociencias; 2017

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Given the inverse association between vitamin D (VD) and cortisol(C) found in some pathologies such as obesity, cancer and cardiovasculardisease, we decided to evaluate the possible relationshipbetween VD and C in seminal plasma (SP) and its impact onsperm quality.Ninety-two sperm samples from patients consulting for fertilitywere analyzed according to WHO standardization and by the employmentof a Computer Aided System, thus being classified as normozospermics(G1, n=43) and not normozoospermics (G2, n=48).VD and C were measured by chemiluminescent methods. C wasdetermined in saliva, serum, and SP while VD in the two latter onesin ten patients.The results obtained for G1 and G2 in SP for C were 1.48±0.56and 1.85±0.79 ug/dl and for VD 27.5±10.3 and 28.52±7.74 ng/mland (mean±SD; p=0.020 and NS respectively). While analyzingG1+G2, a negative correlation was found between C and ProgressiveMotility(%) (r=-0.241, p=0.03) and sperm count (r=-0.395,p