Associations between andrological measures, hormones and semen quality in fertile Australian men: Inverse relationship between obesity and sperm output

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1561-1568

  Stewart, T M ^a   Liu, D Y ^a   Garrett, C ^a   Jorgensen N ^b   Brown, E H ^c   Baker, H W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertile men; Gonadal hormones; Obesity; Semen quality; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; INHIBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; OBESITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VARICOCELE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 69149095345     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep075     Document Type: Article

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