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Original Research

Authors

Saremi   A.T. (*)
Zamanian   M. (1)
Pooladi   A. (2)






(*) ‎“Sarem Fertility & Infertility Research Center (SAFIR)” and “Sarem Cell Research Center (SCRC)” ‎, Sarem Women’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran
(1) Sarem Women’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran
(2) ‎“Sarem Fertility & Infertility Research Center (SAFIR)” and “Sarem Cell Research Center (SCRC)” ‎, Sarem Women’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran

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Article History

Received:   September  27, 2016
Accepted:   December 20, 2016
ePublished:   February 15, 2018

ABSTRACT

Aims The evaluation of effective factors on male infertility is essential to diagnose and ‎to treat the causes of infertility. The aim of this study was to investigate the ‎factors affecting infertility and to determine the type of sperm disorders in Iranian ‎infertile men.‎
Materials & Methods This cross-sectional community-based study was conducted on 764 Iranian ‎infertile men referred to the infertility clinic of Sarem women’s hospital (Tehran, ‎Iran) from April 2006 to March 2012. The patients’ demographics, history of ‎disease, surgery, and seminal fluid analysis were obtained from their medical ‎records. The semen samples were collected according to the WHO standard ‎protocol. The data were analyzed by Chi square test using SPSS‏ ‏‎16 software.‎
Findings The pure male factor infertility was found in 470 (61.5%) patients and 294 ‎‎(38.5%) patients showed male factor infertility associated with other factors ‎‎(mixed male factor infertility). Primary infertility was found in 593 (77.6%) ‎patients and 171 (22.4%) patients showed secondary infertility. Asthenospermia ‎and asthenoteratospermia were found in 236 (30.9%) and 225 (29.5%) patients, ‎respectively. The prevalence of asthenospermia and asthenoteratospermia were ‎higher than the other sperm disorders in the patients. The government employees ‎and self-employed person were more frequent than the patients with other jobs. ‎There was no significant relationship between the job status and male infertility ‎‎(p>0.05). The most of the patients were from Tehran and central provinces of Iran.‎
Conclusion Demographics, occupational factors, varicocele disease history, and type of ‎surgeries are not related to infertility. The prevalence of asthenospermia and ‎asthenoteratospermia among Iranian infertile men are more than the other sperm ‎disorders. ‎

Keywords: Epidemiology‎, Infertility‎, Male Infertility‎,

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