SMOKING AS AN EXOGENOUS FACTOR AFFECTING FERTILITY INDICATORS OF KUZBASS MEN

Abstract

Male infertility is an important health problem in many countries, and smoking is one of the risk factors. Approximately 35 % of the European adult male populations are tobacco users. In the ART protocol, lifestyle change is the first line on the way to overcome male infertility, and smoking is one of the modifiable factors potentially affecting fertility. The data obtained demonstrate the absence of a reliable statistical relationship between smoking and ejaculate parameters in Kuzbass men with normal BMI. As a result of the study, a statistical relationship between smoking and non-smoking patients with normal body weight was not found. The small sample size, as well as the lack of correction for other possible significant factors, does not allow us to draw an unambiguous conclusion, further research is needed.

Keywords

• мужское бесплодие
• курение
• показатели спермограммы
• мужской фактор
• анализ эякулята