Secular changes in the semen quality in India during the past 33 years

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 740-744

  Dama, Madhukar Shivajirao ^a   Rajender, Singh ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Fertility; Sperm count; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY;

EID: 84866431725     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.015057     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Adamopoulos DA, Pappa A, Nicopoulou S, Andreou E, Karamertzanis M, Michopoulos J, Deligianni V, Simou M. Seminal volume and total sperm number trends in men attending subfertility clinics in the greater Athens area during the period 1977-1993. Hum Reprod. 1996;11:1936-1941.
2. Aitken RJ, Koopman P, Lewis SE. Seeds of concern. Nature. 2004;432:48-52.
3. Almagor M, Ivnitzki I, Yaffe H, Baras M. Changes in semen quality in Jerusalem between 1990 and 2000: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study. Arch Androl. 2003;49:139-144.
4. Auger J, Kunstmann JM, Czyglik F, Jouannet P. Decline in semen quality among fertile men in Paris during the past 20 years. N Engl J Med. 1995;332:281-285.
5. Berling S, Wolner-Hanssen P. No evidence of deteriorating semen quality among men in infertile relationships during the last decade: a study of males from Southern Sweden. Hum Reprod. 1997;12:1002-1005.
6. Bilotta P, Guglielmo R, Steffe M. Analysis of decline in seminal fluid in the Italian population during the past 15 years [in Italian]. Minerva Ginecol. 1999;51:223-231.
7. Bujan L, Mansat A, Pontonnier F, Mieusset R. Time series analysis of sperm concentration in fertile men in Toulouse, France between 1977 and 1992. BMJ. 1996;312:471-472.
8. Carlsen E, Giwercman A, Keiding N, Skakkebaek NE. Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years. BMJ. 1992;305: 609-613.
9. Fisch H. Declining worldwide sperm counts: disproving a myth. Urol Clin North Am. 2008;35:137-146.
10. Fisch H, Goluboff ET, Olson JH, Feldshuh J, Broder SJ, Barad DH. Semen analyses in 1,283 men from the United States over a 25-year period: no decline in quality. Fertil Steril. 1996;65:1009-1014.
11. Gopalkrishnan K. Characteristics of semen parameters in a selected population of Indian men over a period of 10 years. Curr Sci. 1998;75:939-940.
12. Gyllenborg J, Skakkebaek NE, Nielsen NC, Keiding N, Giwercman A. Secular and seasonal changes in semen quality among young Danish men: a statistical analysis of semen samples from 1927 donor candidates during 1977-1995. Int J Androl. 1999;22:28-36.
13. Habbema JD, Collins J, Leridon H, Evers JL, Lunenfeld B, te Velde ER. Towards less confusing terminology in reproductive medicine: a proposal. Hum Reprod. 2004;19:1497-1501.
14. Hammoud A, Carrell DT, Gibson M, Sanderson M, Parker-Jones K, Peterson CM. Decreased sperm motility is associated with air pollution in Salt Lake City. Fertil Steril. 2010;93:1875-1879.
15. Handelsman DJ. Sperm output of healthy men in Australia: magnitude of bias due to self-selected volunteers. Hum Reprod. 1997;12: 2701-2705.
16. Hassan MAM, Killick SR. Negative lifestyle is associated with a significant reduction in fecundity. Fertil Steril. 2004;81:384-392.
17. Homan GF, Davies M, Norman R. The impact of lifestyle factors on reproductive performance in the general population and those undergoing infertility treatment: a review. Hum Reprod Update. 2007;13:209-223.
18. Hozo SP, Djulbegovic B, Hozo I. Estimating the mean and variance from the median, range, and the size of a sample. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2005;5:13.
19. Irvine S, Cawood E, Richardson D, MacDonald E, Aitken J. Evidence of deteriorating semen quality in the United Kingdom: birth cohort study in 577 men in Scotland over 11 years. BMJ. 1996;312: 467-471.
20. Jensen TK, Sobotka T, HansenMA, Pedersen AT, Lutz W, Skakkebaek NE. Declining trends in conception rates in recent birth cohorts of native Danish women: a possible role of deteriorating male reproductive health. Int J Androl. 2008;31:81-92.
21. Joffe M. Invited commentary: the potential for monitoring of fecundity and the remaining challenges. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157:89-93.
22. Lalos A, Daniels K, Gottlieb C, Lalos O. Recruitment and motivation of semen providers in Sweden. Hum Reprod. 2003;18:212-216.
23. Larsen SB, Abell A, Bonde JP. Selection bias in occupational sperm studies. Am J Epidemiol. 1998;147:681-685.
24. Lim AST, Tsakok MFH. Age-related decline in fertility: a link to degenerative oocytes? Fertil Steril. 1997;68:265-271.
25. Lutz W, O'Neill BC, Scherbov S. Demographics. Europe's population at a turning point. Science. 2003;299:1991-1992.
26. Marimuthu P, Kapilashrami MC, Misro MM, Singh G. Evaluation of trend in semen analysis for 11 years in subjects attending a fertility clinic in India. Asian J Androl. 2003;5:221-225.
27. Martin RD. The evolution of human reproduction: a primatological perspective. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007;134:59-84.
28. Menchini-Fabris F, Rossi P, Palego P, Simi S, Turchi P. Declining sperm counts in Italy during the past 20 years. Andrologia. 1996;28:304.
29. Mukhopadhyay D, Varghese AC, Pal M, Banerjee SK, Bhattacharyya AK, Sharma RK, Agarwal A. Semen quality and age-specific changes: a study between two decades on 3,729 male partners of couples with normal sperm count and attending an andrology laboratory for infertility-related problems in an Indian city. Fertil Steril. 2010;93:2247-2254.
30. Olsen J, Rachootin P. Invited commentary: monitoring fecundity over time-if we do it, then let's do it right. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157:94-97.
31. Page H. The increasing demand for infertility treatment. Health Trends. 1988;20:115-118.
32. Paulsen CA, Berman NG, Wang C. Data from men in greater Seattle area reveals no downward trend in semen quality: further evidence that deterioration of semen quality is not geographically uniform. Fertil Steril. 1996;65:1015-1020.
33. Purdue MP, Devesa SS, Sigurdson AJ, McGlynn KA. International patterns and trends in testis cancer incidence. Int J Cancer. 2005;115:822-827.
34. Rasmussen PE, Erb K, Westergaard LG, Laursen SB. No evidence for decreasing semen quality in four birth cohorts of 1,055 Danish men born between 1950 and 1970. Fertil Steril. 1997;68:1059-1064.
35. Schwartz D, Mayaux MJ, Spira A, Moscato ML, Jouannet P, Czyglik F, David G. Semen characteristics as a function of age in 833 fertile men. Fertil Steril. 1983;39:530-535.
36. Sharpe RM. Environmental/lifestyle effects on spermatogenesis. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2010;365:1697-1712.
37. Sharpe RM, Franks S. Environment, lifestyle and infertility-an intergenerational issue. Nat Cell Biol. 2002;4(suppl):s33-s40.
38. Short RV. Human reproduction in an evolutionary context. Ann NY Acad Sci. 1994;709:416-425.
39. Spira A, Multigner L. The effect of industrial and agricultural pollution on human spermatogenesis. Hum Reprod. 1998;13:2041-2042.
40. Vierula M, Niemi M, Keiski A, Saaranen M, Saarikoski S, Suominen J. High and unchanged sperm counts of Finnish men. Int J Androl. 1996;19:11-17.
41. Younglai EV, Collins JA, Foster WG. Canadian semen quality: an analysis of sperm density among eleven academic fertility centers. Fertil Steril. 1998;70:76-80.
42. Zorn B, Virant-Klun I, Verdenik I, Meden-Vrtovec H. Semen quality changes among 2343 healthy Slovenian men included in an IVF-ET programme from 1983 to 1996. Int J Androl. 1999;22:178-183.