Abstract
Objective
This retrospective study was designed to reveal the effect of smoking on semen parameters in an infertile Turkish population.
Patients
Two hundred and ninety-six infertile males were triaged as nonsmokers, light smokers and heavy smokers. Semen volume; sperm density, motility and morphology were the main outcome measures.
Results
Rapidly progressing sperm ratio of the heavy smokers group was greater than that of the light smokers group (p<0.05). Morphologic evaluation results revealed better results for the nonsmokers than the heavy smokers in terms of tail anomalies and percent of coiled tails (p<0.05)
Conclusions
In infertile Turkish men, heavy smoking was found to have detrimental effects on tail of the spermatozoon. Interestingly, heavy smokers have a higher percent of rapidly progressive sperm with respect to light smokers. Prospective studies will help determining the definite effect of smoking on semen quality.
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Ozgur, K., Isikoglu, M., Seleker, M. et al. Semen quality of smoking and non-smoking men in infertile couples in a Turkish population. Arch Gynecol Obstet 271, 109–112 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-003-0572-z
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