Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 1016-1017, September 2009

Body mass index vis-à-vis total sperm count in attendees of a single andrology clinic

Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Elena Venizelou Hospital, Athens, Greece

Received 2 October 2008; received in revised form 8 December 2008; accepted 15 December 2008. published online 24 February 2009.

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.

Key Words: Male infertility, semen, body mass index

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 S.C.N. has nothing to disclose. M.A. has nothing to disclose. K.M. has nothing to disclose. I.I. has nothing to disclose. E.V. has nothing to disclose. E.K. has nothing to disclose. G.M. has nothing to disclose. E.B. has nothing to disclose. D.A.A. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)04776-6

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.093

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 1016-1017, September 2009

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