Does Obesity have an Impact on Sperm Quality and Quantity?
The study cohort, which consisted of men who visited an infertility clinic for treatment between January and December 2016, had an average age of 35 years. A total of 201 people (16%) were overweight. Using World Health Organization norms, the researchers classified spermatozoa as progressive, no progressive, or immotile (WHO). The researchers claim that CASA allows them to examine more sperm parameters with greater overall reliability than traditional microscopy approaches. Obesity is also linked to categorical outcomes of male infertility, such as oligospermia and asthenospermia . The data reveal that after adjusting for age, smoking status, and diabetes mellitus, the relationships between obesity and numerous sperm parameters remained consistent. "The findings from our current data set imply that for couples seeking infertility therapy, efforts focusing on male weight loss before to conception are recommended," the authors say. Although a link between obesity and sperm...