作者
Martin Blomberg Jensen, Jacob Gerner Lawaetz, Anna-Maria Andersson, Jørgen Holm Petersen, Loa Nordkap, Anne Kirstine Bang, Pia Ekbom, Ulla Nordström Joensen, Lisbeth Prætorius, Peter Lundstrøm, Vibeke Hartvig Boujida, Beate Lanske, Anders Juul, Niels Jørgensen
发表日期
2016/8/1
期刊
Human reproduction
卷号
31
期号
8
页码范围
1875-1885
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
STUDY QUESTION
Are low vitamin D levels linked with semen quality and sex steroids in infertile men?
SUMMARY ANSWER
Infertile men with vitamin D deficiency had lower sperm motility, total numbers of motile sperm, Inhibin B, sex-hormone-binding-globulin (SHBG) and testosterone/estradiol ratio, but higher levels of free sex steroids, than infertile men with normal vitamin D levels.
WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY
Low vitamin D levels have been associated with decreased sperm motility in healthy men, but a relationship between vitamin D and calcium with semen quality and especially sex steroids has not been sufficiently described in infertile men.
STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION
This study comprises baseline characteristics of 1427 infertile men screened from 2011 to 2014 for inclusion in a randomized clinical trial, the …
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