Journal article
Semen quality in fertile men in relation to psychosocial stress
Fertility and sterility, Vol.93(4), pp.1104-1111
03/01/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.018
PMID: 19243749
Abstract
<p>OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between stressful life events and semen parameters. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis in a pregnancy cohort study. SETTING: Prenatal clinics in five U.S. cities. PATIENT(S): Fertile men (n = 744) in the Study for Future Families, a cohort study of pregnant women and their partners. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Sperm concentration, percent motile, and percent normal morphology and classification above/below World Health Organization (WHO) cutoffs for semen quality. RESULT(S): After adjusting for confounders, men reporting 2+ recent stressful life events had an increased risk of being classified below WHO thresholds for "normal" defined by concentration, motility, and morphology criteria compared with men reporting <2 stressful life events (odds ratio [OR] = 2.06; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18, 3.61; OR = 1.54; 95% CI, 1.04, 2.29; OR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.02, 3.66 for concentration, motility and morphology, respectively). Men experiencing 2+ stressful life events had lower sperm concentration (log scale, beta = -0.25; 95% CI, -0.38, -0.11) and lower percent motile sperm (beta = -1.95; 95% CI, -3.98, 0.07), but percent normal morphology was less affected. CONCLUSION(S): These results suggest that stressful life events may be associated with decreased semen quality in fertile men. The experience of psychosocial stress may be a modifiable factor in the development of idiopathic infertility.</p>
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Semen quality in fertile men in relation to psychosocial stress
- Creators
- Audra L GollenbergFan LiuCharlene BrazilErma Z DrobnisDavid GuzickJames W OverstreetJames B RedmonAmy Sparks - University of IowaChristina WangShanna H Swan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Fertility and sterility, Vol.93(4), pp.1104-1111
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.018
- PMID
- 19243749
- ISSN
- 1556-5653
- eISSN
- 1556-5653
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9983557451702771
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