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Bone mineral density in hypogonadal subfertile men
• adjusted for age and BMI.
• Subjects on active androgen replacement
therapy excluded (n=9)
DEXA hip Z-score
mean diff. -0.52 (95% CI, -0.96,-0.08; p=0.022) DEXA hip T-score
mean diff. -0.52 (95% CI, -0.97,-0.07; p=0.025)
DEXA lumbar spine Z-score
mean diff. -0.91 (95% CI, -1.5,-0.36; p=0.001) DEXA lumbar spine T-score
mean diff. -0.92 (95% CI, -1.5,-0.33; p=0.002)
LBuonbjderUentiavle,rCsliitnyE/ nFdaoccurlitnyo/l,D2e0p1a6rtment / Unit / Document / Date
Some general conclusions
• “Impaired semen quality”/Male factor – represents a very heterogeneous group referring to a high number of different known and unknown conditions;
• Urgent need of better seminbal predictors of fertility in vivo and in vitro;
• Impaired semen quality is to consider as a symptom of general, potentially life-threatening, disease.
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