TITLE:
Sperm Quality and Environment: A Retrospective, Cohort Study among 21,715 Semen Samples in a Southern Province of China
AUTHORS:
Yanan Zhang, Shizong Huang, Xiaowen Wang
KEYWORDS:
Infertility, Seasonal Sperm Pattern, Semen Quality, Climatic Factors, Correlation Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Sexual Medicine,
Vol.11 No.4,
October
13,
2021
ABSTRACT: To explore the differences of male semen parameters in different seasons
of the year, so as to explore the potential climatic factors affecting
spermatogenesis and male reproductive ability, we retrospectively analyzed 21,715 semen analysis
data from January 2018 to February 2021, grouped by year and season, and
finally the relationships among semen parameters and semen and meteorological
parameters were compared. Environmental exposures prior to 3 months were
analyzed and correlation analysis was performed.The semen concentration
decreased year by year (p