Substance Abuse and Sperm Count Amongst Patients Attending Semen Analysis Laboratory at Tertiary Care Centre
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of present study was to find relation between smoking, alcohol consumption & smokeless tobacco consumption and sperm count. The study was carried out on 250 consenting males attending the semen analysis laboratory of the tertiary care centre from January 2014 to August 2014. After recording the demographic data, history of tobacco use in the form of smoking and smokeless tobacco and alcohol consumption was taken. Semen samples were categorised into normospermia, oligospermia, and azoospermia. Proportion of azoospermic and oligospermic males was 10.8% (27) and 18.4% (46) respectively. Low sperm count was significantly associated with smoking (odds ratio 1.93, 95% Confidence Interval 1.08-3.44) (p value 0.02). Low sperm count was not significantly associated with Alcohol consumption & smokeless tobacco consumption. Smoking is a significantly associated with low sperm count.
Authors and Affiliations
S. B. Mankar, S. L. Wakode, R. S. Khobragade, N. S. Wakode, N. V. Mishra, V. D. Tajne
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