Obesity Appears to Impact Male Fertility by Degrading Overall Semen Quality Rather Than Individual Semen Parameters
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51190#.VFsoA2fHRK0 Author(s) Joseph Petty 1 , Sami Jabara 1 , Samuel Prien 1,2 , Lindsay Penrose 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA . 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, USA . ABSTRACT Obesity has become a well-recognized medical issue. However its exact role in male infertility remains unclear. The objective of the current study was to determine if an increase inBMIis associated with an increase in semen parameter abnormalities and if this relationship was influenced by other patient activities. Charts were revi...