The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on semen quality of uninfected men.

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Basic and Clinical Andrology Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI:10.1186/s12610-022-00180-w

Wenjun Zhang, Li Wang, Jiwei Sun, Linlin Cui, Haobo Zhang, Jingmei Hu

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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.

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COVID-19大流行对未感染男性精液质量的影响。

背景:2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)自2019年12月被发现以来，在全球范围内迅速传播。自COVID-19爆发以来发表的研究主要集中在精液质量和生殖激素水平是否受到COVID-19的影响。然而，关于未感染男性精液质量的证据有限。本研究旨在比较COVID-19大流行前后未感染中国捐精者的精液参数，以确定COVID-19大流行相关的压力和生活方式改变对未感染男性的影响。结果:除精液量外，其他精液参数均无显著性差异。结论:新冠肺炎大流行后，尽管捐精者的社会人口学特征发生了变化，但未发现精液质量下降。在2019冠状病毒病大流行之后，人们不再担心人类精子库中冷冻保存的精液的质量。

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Basic and Clinical Andrology Medicine-Urology

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期刊介绍： Basic and Clinical Andrology is an open access journal in the domain of andrology covering all aspects of male reproductive and sexual health in both human and animal models. The journal aims to bring to light the various clinical advancements and research developments in andrology from the international community.