Effects of cigarette, alcohol consumption and sauna on sperm morphology / 中华男科学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate effects of cigarette, alcohol consumption and sauna on sperm morphology.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>602 cases of male infertility were selected from our case database, who were divided into three subgroups smoking (243) , drinking(224), sauna(135) and those without any of the above habits were taken as the corresponding controls. The sperm morphology were analyzed by automated sperm morphology analyzer(ASMA). A questionnaire was voluntarily filled out by patients in order to investigate cigarette, alcohol consumption and sauna frequency.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The normal morphologic sperm rates in cigarette, alcohol consumption and sauna groups were lower than those in the corresponding control groups, respectively(P <0.05, P <0.001). Percentages of irregularity head sperm were higher than those in normal controls, respectively(P <0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Cigarette, alcohol consumption and sauna could affect sperm morphology, especially caused increasing of irregularity head sperm.</p>