The impact of metabolically healthy obesity in primary infertile men: Results from a cross-sectional study.

Walter CazzanigaLuigi CandelaLuca BoeriPaolo CapogrossoEdoardo PozziFederico BelladelliAndrea BaudoEugenio VentimigliaMassimo AlfanoCostantino AbbateFrancesco MontorsiAlessia d'Arma

Published in: Andrology (2020)

Metabolically healthy obesity is threefold more prevalent than unhealthy obesity in primary infertile men. Despite semen parameters are comparable among groups, MHO patients show worse endocrine parameters and a higher risk of primary and secondary hypogonadism compared with metabolically healthy normal infertile men.

Keyphrases

insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
polycystic ovary syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
end stage renal disease
middle aged
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
adipose tissue
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes