No association between body mass index and sperm DNA integrity

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1704-1713

  Bandel, I ^a,b   Bungum, M ^a   Richtoff, J ^b   Malm, J ^c   Axelsson, J ^a,b   Pedersen, H S ^d   Ludwicki, J K ^e   Czaja, K ^e   Hernik, A ^e   Toft, G ^f   Bonde, J P ^g   Spano M ^h   Malm, G ^b   Haugen, T B ⁱ   Giwercman, A ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^h ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

body mass index; DNA fragmentation index; male infertility; semen quality

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE INFERTILITY; OBESITY; RISK REDUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPERM DNA INTEGRITY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERM VOLUME; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UNDERWEIGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; REGISTER; SPERMATOZOON; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGISTRIES; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936805491     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev111     Document Type: Article

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