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The relationship between major dietary patterns and fertility status in iranian men: a case-control study.
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- Dietary patterns, physical activity, and nutrient intake among infertile women in an Iranian setting: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Preventive Strategies and Biomarkers in Male Reproductive Health from Multidisciplinary Perspective: Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Dietary patterns and sperm DNA fragmentation in idiopathic infertile men: A case-control study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Associations of dietary inflammatory indices (DII and E-DII) with sperm parameters.Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine · 2025Article
- The role of diet and food supplements in infertility management in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A narrative review.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2025Review
- Assessing the influence of preconception diet on male fertility: a systematic scoping review.Human reproduction update · 2024Article
- How Food Choices Impact on Male Fertility.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
- Association of dietary total antioxidant capacity, alternative healthy eating index, and dietary inflammatory index with semen quality in men seeking infertility treatment.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Plant-Based Diet Index and Semen Parameters of Men with Infertility: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2022Article
- Anti-Inflammatory Diets in Fertility: An Evidence Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
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Abstract
In this case-control study, we aimed to investigate the association between major dietary patterns and fertility status in Iranian men. The study population included 400 newly diagnosed infertile men and 537 healthy individuals without a history of infertility in Yazd, Iran. Infertility was confirmed clinically, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Dietary intake was assessed using a 168-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and dietary patterns were determined based on a principal component analysis. Four major dietary patterns were found in this study, including healthy, Western, mixed, and traditional dietary patterns. After adjustments for potential confounders, men above the median of a healthy dietary pattern showed a reduced risk of infertility compared to those below the median (OR 0.52; 95% CI 0.33-0.83). In contrast, men with greater adherence to Western and mixed dietary patterns were more likely to be infertile (OR 2.66; 95% CI 1.70-4.17 and OR 2.82; 95% CI 1.75-4.56, respectively). Also, there was no significant association between the traditional dietary pattern and the odds of infertility. The present study suggests that greater adherence to a healthy dietary pattern may have an inverse association with the odds of infertility; however, Western and mixed dietary patterns may be associated with an increased risk of infertility.
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