Study of Semen Quality, Reproductive Hormone Levels, and Lipid Levels in Men From Arkhangelsk, a City in North of European Russia ...

• Main Authors: Osadchuk, Ludmila, Tipisova, Elena, Kleshchev, Maxim, Gorenko, Irina, Osadchuk, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Journals 2020
• Subjects: 111708 Health and Community Services; FOS: Health sciences; 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified; 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified; Archangelsk; Arkhangelsk
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5097192.v1; https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Study_of_Semen_Quality_Reproductive_Hormone_Levels_and_Lipid_Levels_in_Men_From_Arkhangelsk_a_City_in_North_of_European_Russia/5097192/1

Male populations in the European North of Russia have not previously been investigated for semen quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate semen parameters, reproductive hormone levels, and lipid levels in volunteers from the general urban population of the European North of Russia, to compare the data published for men from the neighboring Northern or Eastern European countries, and to evaluate associations between sperm quality and serum hormonal and lipid levels. Ninety-nine volunteers aged 23–63 years residing in the city of Archangelsk were enrolled in the study. All men had blood samples drawn and completed a questionnaire concerning their health status and lifestyle; 90 men delivered semen samples. The medians for semen volume, sperm concentration, progressive motility, and normal morphology were 3.0 ml, 42.12 million/ml, 43.8%, and 6.5%, respectively. Sperm parameters below normal threshold values were found in 38.9% of participants. It seems that the sperm quality in our study group was ...