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- Title
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on semen quality of uninfected men.
- Authors
Zhang, Wenjun; Wang, Li; Sun, Jiwei; Cui, Linlin; Zhang, Haobo; Hu, Jingmei
- Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide since its discovery in December 2019. Research published since the COVID-19 outbreak has focused on whether semen quality and reproductive hormone levels are affected by COVID-19. However, there is limited evidence on semen quality of uninfected men. This study aimed to compare semen parameters among uninfected Chinese sperm donors before and after the COVID-19 pandemic to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic-related stress and lifestyle changes on uninfected men. Results: All semen parameters were non-significant except semen volume. The average age of sperm donors was higher after the COVID-19 (all P < 0.05). The average age of qualified sperm donors increased from 25.9 (SD: 5.3) to 27.6 (SD: 6.0) years. Before the COVID-19, 45.0% qualified sperm donors were students, but after the COVID-19, 52.9% were physical laborers (P < 0.05). The proportion of qualified sperm donors with a college education dropped from 80.8 to 64.4% after the COVID-19 (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Although the sociodemographic characteristics of sperm donors changed after the COVID-19 pandemic, no decline in semen quality was found. There is no concern about the quality of cryopreserved semen in human sperm banks after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
SEMEN analysis; COVID-19 pandemic; SPERM donation; COVID-19; SPERM banks
- Publication
Basic & Clinical Andrology, 2023, Vol 33, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2051-4190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12610-022-00180-w