Meat intake in relation to semen quality and reproductive hormone levels among young men in Spain.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to assess the associations of intake of different types of meat with semen parameters and reproductive hormones in healthy young men. This cross-sectional study included 206 men, 18-23 years, from Southern Spain. All men completed a validated FFQ, underwent a physical examination, and provided blood and semen samples. Multivariable linear regression was used to evaluate the associations between meat intake with semen quality parameters and reproductive hormones. Total meat intake was unrelated to semen quality or reproductive hormone levels. When subgroups of meat were separately considered, however, shellfish intake was positively related to progressive motility. The adjusted percentages of progressively motile spermatozoa for men in increasing quartiles of shell

SUBMITTER: Maldonado-Carceles AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375748 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature