ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2019
Decreased total sperm counts in habitants of highly polluted areas of Eastern Sicily, Italy.
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- Does outdoor air pollution cause poor semen quality? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC urology · 2025Pooled it
- Association between exposure to ambient air pollution and semen quality in adults: a meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- Pollutants and sperm quality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of chemical pollution and warming on male fertility: a narrative review by the Special Interest Group "Environment and Fertility" of the Italian Society of Fertility and Sterility and Reproductive Medicine (SIFES-MR).Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Review
- Exposure to ambient particulate matter and semen quality: the modifying role of socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors in chinese men.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Reduced SIRT1 and SIRT3 and Lower Antioxidant Capacity of Seminal Plasma Is Associated with Shorter Sperm Telomere Length in Oligospermic Men.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Associations between Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure and the Peripheral Leukocyte Distribution in the Adult Male Population in Beijing, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Maternal exposure to PM2.5 induces the testicular cell apoptosis in offspring triggered by the UPR-mediated JNK pathway.Toxicology research · 2022Article
- Chronic Exposure to Cadmium Induces Differential Methylation in Mice Spermatozoa.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2021Article
- Temporal Trend of Conventional Sperm Parameters in a Sicilian Population in the Decade 2011-2020.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Silica nanoparticles induce unfolded protein reaction mediated apoptosis in spermatocyte cells.Toxicology research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Air pollution has been suggested to affect semen quality, but the evidence is still contradictory. To assess whether any differences occur in conventional sperm parameters of men life-long resident in low, middle-low, middle, and high industrial density zones in the province of Messina. We retrospectively analyzed the conventional sperm parameters of patients to whom the sperm analysis was requested during their female partner counseling for infertility in an assisted reproductive technique (ART) center. A total of 184 men were enrolled. Total sperm count was higher in patients living in low and middle-low industrial density areas compared with that of men living in middle and high ones (123.5 ± 146.8 vs. 80.7 ± 92.7 mil/ejaculate, p < 0.05). No difference was found for sperm concentration (37.2 ± 49.7 vs. 30.5 ± 37.2 mil/mL), progressive motility (15.4 ± 19.8% vs. 14.2 ± 18.4%), total motility (62.3 ± 20.5 vs. 58.4 ± 19.9 mil/mL), and normal forms (2.7 ± 1.5 vs. 2.3 ± 3.0 mil/mL). These results add further evidence to findings from Sicilian population. Effective control of air pollution should be accomplished to prevent its negative impact on human reproductive health.
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