Abstract
In this study the effect of cigarette smoking on
semen quality of fertile and infertile men with or without obesity
was investigated.
The number of fertile and infertile participants was as
following: 203 fertile smokers, 78 fertile non-smokers, 147
infertile smokers and 68 infertile non-smokers. The body mass
index (BMI) was measured in all fertile and infertile men. All
semen parameters were assessed in both fertile and infertile men
with or without obesity to identify the values that would
distinguish fertile from infertile men.
The results of this study showed that cigarette smoking has a
significant influence only on sperm count, percentage of active
sperm and sperm morphology. The semen parameters in infertile
men were significantly different from that of fertile men. The
influence of body mass index on semen parameters was obvious
except in percentage of immotile sperms. This results suggest
that the chemical agents or mutagens may affect male
reproductive via direct effect on the spermatogenesis.