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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis

The aim of this cross-sectional analysis is to investigate the associations between the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and semen quality parameters. To assess the adherence to the MD, the Trichopoulou score was used. Semen parameters were assessed as described in the 2010 WHO’s report and...

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Autores principales: Salas-Huetos, Albert, Babio, Nancy, Carrell, Douglas T., Bulló, Mònica, Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30833599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39826-7
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author Salas-Huetos, Albert
Babio, Nancy
Carrell, Douglas T.
Bulló, Mònica
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
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description The aim of this cross-sectional analysis is to investigate the associations between the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and semen quality parameters. To assess the adherence to the MD, the Trichopoulou score was used. Semen parameters were assessed as described in the 2010 WHO’s report and the results are showed across tertiles of MD adherence. A total of 106 participants were included. Compared to those in the lowest MD adherence tertile, participants in the top tertile had statistically significant higher BMI and waist circumference and consumed more energy, and also had statistically significant higher semen pH, and total sperm motility and progressive sperm motility percentages, and lower sperm immotility percentages. Moreover, percentage of total and progressive motility were significantly higher among those subjects in the higher adherence to MD in comparison with those in low-medium adherence category. The multivariable linear regression models evaluating the relationship between the sperm quality parameters and tertiles of MD adherence adjusted by age, energy and BMI showed that compared with the lowest tertile, men in the highest tertile had a higher percentage of total sperm motility [β non-standardized coefficient = 12.785]. These findings suggest that adherence to the MD was positively associated with sperm motility.
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spelling pubmed-63993292019-03-07 Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis Salas-Huetos, Albert Babio, Nancy Carrell, Douglas T. Bulló, Mònica Salas-Salvadó, Jordi Sci Rep Article The aim of this cross-sectional analysis is to investigate the associations between the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD) and semen quality parameters. To assess the adherence to the MD, the Trichopoulou score was used. Semen parameters were assessed as described in the 2010 WHO’s report and the results are showed across tertiles of MD adherence. A total of 106 participants were included. Compared to those in the lowest MD adherence tertile, participants in the top tertile had statistically significant higher BMI and waist circumference and consumed more energy, and also had statistically significant higher semen pH, and total sperm motility and progressive sperm motility percentages, and lower sperm immotility percentages. Moreover, percentage of total and progressive motility were significantly higher among those subjects in the higher adherence to MD in comparison with those in low-medium adherence category. The multivariable linear regression models evaluating the relationship between the sperm quality parameters and tertiles of MD adherence adjusted by age, energy and BMI showed that compared with the lowest tertile, men in the highest tertile had a higher percentage of total sperm motility [β non-standardized coefficient = 12.785]. These findings suggest that adherence to the MD was positively associated with sperm motility. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6399329/ /pubmed/30833599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39826-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_full Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis
title_fullStr Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis
title_short Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is positively associated with sperm motility: A cross-sectional analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399329/
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