Male fertility as a marker for health. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Tony; Belladelli, Federico; Del Giudice, Francesco; Eisenberg, Michael L.
• Is Part Of: Reproductive biomedicine online. Volume 44:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 131
• Page End: 144
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Andrology -- Biomarker -- Infertility -- Men's health; Human reproductive technology -- Periodicals; Human embryo -- Periodicals; Reproduction -- Periodicals; 616.692
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.09.023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1472-6483

Abstract

Abstract: Male reproduction is a complex biological process, and male factor infertility is increasingly recognized as a biomarker for overall male health. Emerging data suggest associations between male reproduction and medical disease (genetic, infectious, chronic comorbid conditions), psychological disease, environmental exposures, dietary habits, medications and substances of abuse, and even socioeconomic factors. There is also evidence that a diagnosis of male fertility is associated with future disease risk including cancer, metabolic disease and mortality. As such, there is a growing view that the male fertility evaluation is an opportunity to improve a man's health beyond his immediate reproductive goals, and also highlights the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach.