ReviewThe world journal of men's health2021
Anything New about Paternal Contribution to Reproductive Outcomes? A Review of the Evidence.
Review in The world journal of men's health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The impact of paternal alcohol, tobacco, caffeine use and physical activity on offspring mental health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2021Pooled it
- Limitations of FAERS-based analyses of paternal drug exposure: The critical need for maternal data integration.Andrology · 2026Article
- Iranian men's Perception toward Preconception Care: A Qualitative Content Analysis.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2026Article
- "I Feel Like a Lot of Black Women Don't Seek Preconception Health." Qualitative Findings of Preconception Health among Young Black Women in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- A lack of commensal microbiota influences the male reproductive tract intergenerationally in mice.Reproduction (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
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- Paternal Contributions to Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Approaches.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
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- Men's preconception health and the social determinants of health: What are we missing?Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Paternal health and behavioral lifestyles affect reproductive and neonatal outcomes and yet the magnitude of these effects remain underestimated. Even though these impacts have been formally recognized as a central aspect of reproductive health, health care services in Europe often neglect the involvement of fathers in their reproductive programs. Following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines for systematic reviews, a literature search was carried out to assess the possible impact of paternal health on reproductive outcomes. The comprehensive strategy included cohort studies and meta-analysis available on PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Google scholar. Cross-referencing of bibliographies of the selected papers ensured wider study capture. Paternal factors were grouped into two categories respectively identified with the terms "Biological Paternal Factors" and "Lifestyle Paternal Factors". Advanced age may impair male fertility and affect early pregnancy stages. Increased body mass index, smoking, alcohol and recreational drugs, all alter seminal fluid parameters. Hazardous alcohol use correlates with low birthweight in pregnancy and harmful behavioral lifestyles have been linked to congenital heart defects, metabolic and neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring. Measures targeting paternal health and lifestyle within the first 1,000 days' timeframe need to be implemented in couples undergoing reproductive decisions. Health professionals, as well as future fathers, must be aware of the benefits for the offspring associated with correct paternal behaviors. More research is needed to build guidelines and to implement specific programs aiming at reproductive health promotion.
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