Journal
OBESITY REVIEWS
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/obr.13082
Keywords
adiposity; meta-analysis; sex hormones; sperm parameters
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- ICREA under the ICREA Academia programme
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This study found that overweight and/or obesity were negatively associated with semen quality parameters and certain reproductive hormones, while also positively associated with high estradiol concentrations. Meta-analysis showed that overweight and/or obesity categories were linked with lower sperm quality, whereas underweight category was associated with low sperm normal morphology. Maintaining a healthy body weight is important for improving sperm quality and male fertility.
The present updated systematic review and meta-analysis aims to summarize the evidence from published studies with low risk for any important bias (based on methodological quality assessment) investigating the potential associations of adiposity with sperm quality and reproductive hormones. We conducted a systematic search of the literature published in MEDLINE-PubMed and EMBASE through June 2019. Based on the criteria in our review, 169 eligible publications were used for data abstraction. Finally, 60 articles were included in the qualitative analysis and 28 in the quantitative analysis. Our systematic review results indicated that overweight and/or obesity were associated with low semen quality parameters (i.e., semen volume, sperm count and concentration, sperm vitality and normal morphology) and some specific reproductive hormones (e.g., inhibin B, total testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin). Overweight and/or obesity were also positively associated with high estradiol concentrations. Meta-analysis indicated that overweight and/or obesity categories were associated with lower sperm quality (i.e., semen volume, sperm count and concentration, sperm vitality, total motility and normal morphology), and underweight category was likewise associated with low sperm normal morphology. In conclusion, our results suggest that maintaining a healthy body weight is important for increasing sperm quality parameters and potentially male fertility.
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