Relationship between body mass index and infertility in healthy male Japanese workers: A pilot study

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Ohwaki, K ^a   Endo, F ^b   Yano, E ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Male infertility; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMPLOYEE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPANESE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 61449213936     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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