Journal of International Reproductive Health/Family Planning ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 95-99.doi: 10.12280/gjszjk.20240300

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Correlation between Male Sedentary Behaviors and Sperm Quality, Assisted Reproductive Outcomes

CHEN Xiao-yan, ZHANG Juan, ZHAO Chun, JI Juan, ZHAO Jing()   

  1. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children's Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing 210004, China
  • Received:2024-06-20 Published:2025-03-15 Online:2025-03-10
  • Contact: ZHAO Jing, E-mail: zhaojing_sz@njmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Obejective: To investigate the correlation between male sedentary behaviors and sperm quality, assisted reproductive outcomes. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, the recruited patients who underwent assisted reproduction for the first time from January 2021 to October 2022 were divided them into the sedentary group and the non-sedentary group, according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) score. And the two groups was matched at ratio of 1:1 used the propensity score matching(PSM) method. General information, sperm quality, and assisted reproductive outcomes were compared between the two groups for six months follow-up. Results: A total of 2 002 participants were included in the study, including 1 052 in the sedentary group and 950 in the non-sedentary group. After the propensity score matching method, there were 857 participants left in each group and their baseline information were equal between the two groups (all P>0.05). The sedentary group had poorer sperm density and lower fertilization rate than the non-sedentary group (both P<0.05). There were no statistically significant differences in other indicators between the two groups (all P>0.05). Conclusions: Long-term sedentary behavior has a certain impact on male sperm quality and assisted reproductive outcomes, suggesting that clinical workers should pay attention to the sedentary problem of patients and do a good job of education or intervention to improve the patients' health behaviors.

Key words: Infertility, female, Infertility, male, Sedentary behavior, Reproductive techniques, assisted, Outcome