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## Purpose This study was conducted to find the relative risk of semen abnormality with respect to smoking history and obesity. ## Materials and Methods Subfertile or infertile men were enrolled in this study from July 2010 to June 2011. All participants provided their cigarette use information, self-reported weight, height, semen analysis, physical examination, and sexually transmitted disease status. None of the enrolled patients had any specific pathological reason for infertility. Semen abnormality was defined as a condition in which one or more parameters did not satisfy the World Health Organization's criteria. ## Results A total of 1,073 male patients were considered for this study. After the application of the inclusion criteria, 193 patients were finally analyzed. These patients were divided into two groups according to semen abnormality: the normal semen group (n=72) and the abnormal semen group (n=121). Baseline characteristics, except age and smoking history, were not significantly different between the two groups. Smoking history and age were risk factors for the semen abnormality of idiopathic infertile male patients. ## Conclusions Smoking and old age were risk facto

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Author

Hui Dai Lee; Hyo Serk Lee; Joong Shik Lee; Yong-Seog Park; Ju Tae Seo

Publisher

Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KAMJE); Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (ISSN 2287-4208)

Published

2014

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)