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Volume 8
Journal of Obesity &Weight Loss Therapy
Obesity Summit 2018
July 10-11, 2018
July 10-11, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand
19
th
World Obesity Congress
The impact of obesity on seminal fluid in patients with male infertility
Ahmed T Alahmar, Zahraa Ali, Zahraa Muhsin and Hadeel Qasim
University of Babylon, Iraq
Background & Aim:
Data on the effect of obesity on seminal fluid and men fertility are inconsistent. The aim of this study was
to evaluate the impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on semen characteristics.
Method:
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 74 infertile men. Semen sample were collected and sperm concentration,
progressive motility, total motility and normal sperm morphology were assessed in accordance with WHO 2010 criteria. For
each patient, weight and height were measure and patients were divided by BMI into normal weight (BMI: 18.5-24.9 kg/m2,
n=30), overweight (BMI: 25-29.9 kg/m2, n=30) and obese (BMI: ≥30 kg/m2, n=14). Seminal fluid parameters were compared
among the three groups.
Result:
Although sperm concentration was lower in obese men, sperm concentration, progressive and total motility and
normal sperm morphology did not significantly differ among normal weight, overweight and obese groups (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that BMI may have no influence on sperm concentration, motility and normal morphology
in infertile men.
ahmed.t.alahmar@gmail.comJ Obes Weight Loss Ther 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C4-067