Environmental factors in declining human fertility

NE Skakkebæk, R Lindahl-Jacobsen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A severe decline in child births has occurred over the past half century, which will lead to
considerable population declines, particularly in industrialized regions. A crucial question is …

Male infertility

ML Eisenberg, SC Esteves, DJ Lamb… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Clinical infertility is the inability of a couple to conceive after 12 months of trying. Male factors
are estimated to contribute to 30–50% of cases of infertility. Infertility or reduced fertility can …

Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

H Levine, N Jørgensen… - Human reproduction …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Reported declines in sperm counts remain controversial today and recent
trends are unknown. A definitive meta-analysis is critical given the predictive value of sperm …

[HTML][HTML] Lifestyle causes of male infertility

D Durairajanayagam - Arab journal of urology, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the potential effects of lifestyle factors on male reproductive health.
Evidence of a global decline in human sperm quality over recent decades has been …

The diagnosis of male infertility: an analysis of the evidence to support the development of global WHO guidance—challenges and future research opportunities

CLR Barratt, L Björndahl, CJ De Jonge… - Human reproduction …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Herein, we describe the consensus guideline methodology, summarize the
evidence-based recommendations we provided to the World Health Organization (WHO) for …

Sexual dysfunction and male infertility

F Lotti, M Maggi - Nature Reviews Urology, 2018 - nature.com
Infertility affects up to 12% of all men, and sexual dysfunction occurs frequently in men of
reproductive age, causing infertility in some instances. In infertile men, hypoactive sexual …

Spatiotemporal trends in human semen quality

J Auger, F Eustache, C Chevrier, B Jégou - Nature Reviews Urology, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past four decades, studies of various designs have reported spatial and temporal
trends in human semen quality. Several standardized-methodology studies in …

[HTML][HTML] Male infertility as a window to health

JT Choy, ML Eisenberg - Fertility and sterility, 2018 - Elsevier
There is an emerging body of evidence suggesting that male infertility may be a harbinger of
future health. Potential associations between infertility and health may arise from genetic …

Male infertility due to testicular disorders

A Sharma, S Minhas, WS Dhillo… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Context Male infertility is defined as the inability to conceive following 1 year of regular
unprotected intercourse. It is the causative factor in 50% of couples and a leading indication …

Paternal obesity negatively affects male fertility and assisted reproduction outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JM Campbell, M Lane, JA Owens, HW Bakos - Reproductive biomedicine …, 2015 - Elsevier
This systematic review investigated the effect of paternal obesity on reproductive potential.
Databases searched were Pubmed, Ovid, Web of Science, Scopus, Cinahl and Embase …