Body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio cannot predict male semen quality: a report of 1231 subfertile Chinese men

Andrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1047-1054

  Lu, J C ^a,d   Jing, J ^a   Dai, J Y ^b   Zhao, A Z ^c   Yao, Q ^a   Fan, K ^a   Wang, G H ^a   Liang, Y J ^a   Chen, L ^a   Ge, Y F ^a   Yao, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Department of Laboratory Science   (China)

Author keywords

Obesity; reproductive hormone; semen parameter

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BODY MASS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHINESE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MALE SUBFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; OLIGOSPERMIA; SPERM MORPHOLOGY; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SUBFERTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CHINA; INFERTILITY, MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973174777     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12376     Document Type: Article

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