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ArticleAmerican journal of men's health

A Nomogram for Predicting Infertility Risk in Patients With Varicocele Using Inflammatory Markers.

Lihong Wang, Lei Zheng, Hui Jiang, Tao Jiang

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  2. Risk factors associated with varicocele: a narrative review.Translational andrology and urology · 2025
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Lihong WangDepartment of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.ORCID 0009-0004-5164-6511
Lei ZhengDepartment of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Hui JiangPeking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tao JiangDepartment of Andrology and Sexual Medicine, The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a nomogram using hemogram inflammatory markers to predict the risk of infertility in patients with varicocele (VC). Patients with VC from March 2022 to June 2024 were retrospectively investigated. We divided the patients into two groups based on their fertility status. A total of 162 patients were enrolled: 81 in the infertile group and 81 in the fertile group. Statistical differences were observed between the two groups in lymphocyte, monocyte, erythrocyte, red cell distribution width (RDW), mean erythrocyte volume (MCV), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), MPV/platelet ratio (MPVPR), and systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) (

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BiomarkersInfertility, MaleNomogramsVaricoceleAdultHumansInflammationMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentBiomarkersinfertilityinflammatory markernomogramvaricocele

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PMID39364924
PMCPMC11483678

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