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| Year : 2007 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 93-96 |
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The role of abnormal body weight and plasma lipids in male infertility in Ilorin, Nigeria
EK Oghagbon1, AAG Jimoh2
1 Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
2 Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of llorin Teaching Hospital, llorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
E K Oghagbon
Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Delta state University, Abraka
Nigeria
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Objectives: This study aimed at determining the relationship between plasma lipids, body mass index (BMI) and fertility status, in husbands of women undergoing investigation for infertility.
Methods: Fourty-seven men, who were the husbands of women that attended our Infertility Clinic, were recruited for this study. The subjects seminal fluid were analysed using standard criteria. Fasting blood samples were also analysed for plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride. Body Mass percentage were compared using student t-test and chi square, respectively.
Results: Twenty-three subjects (48.9%) had oligosperimia, while 11 (23.4%) were azoospermia. The mean plasma total cholesterol and triglyceride were 3.8mmol/L ± 0.8 and 0.9mmol/L ± 0.6 respectively. The mean BMI was 24.0Kg/m 2 ± 4.0. Subjects with low or high BMI had poorer spermogram. This was worse in those in the 30-39 years age bracket. However, the differences in mean values of seminal fluid analyses in the different age groups were not statistically significant.
Conclusions: In conclusion, subjects with both extremes of BMI had poor spermograms. There were no abnormalities in the plasma TC and TG.
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