Dairy intake and semen quality among men attending a fertility clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between dairy food intake and semen parameters.

Design

Longitudinal study.

Setting

Academic medical center fertility clinic.

Patient(s)

One hundred fifty-five men.

Intervention(s)

None.

Main outcome measure(s)

Total sperm count, sperm concentration, progressive motility, morphology, and semen volume.

Result(s)

Low-fat dairy intake was positively related to sperm concentration and progressive motility. On average, men in the highest quartile of intake (1.22-3.54 servings/d) had 33% (95% confidence interval [CI] 1, 55) higher sperm concentration and 9.3 percentage units (95% CI 1.4, 17.2) higher sperm motility than men in the lowest quartile of intake (≤0.28 servings/d). These associations were primarily

SUBMITTER: Afeiche MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4008690 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature