The association between dietary patterns and semen quality in a general Asian population of 7282 Males

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Chin Yu ^a   Chou, Yu Ching ^b   Chao, Jane C J ^c,d   Hsu, Chien Yeh ^c,e   Cha, Tai Lung ^b   Tsao, Chih Wei ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEVERAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TAIWANESE; WESTERN DIET; ASIA; BODY MASS; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; INFERTILITY, MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SNACKS; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84941646229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134224     Document Type: Article

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