1.Characteristics of Early Presenters after Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Andrea MOROTTI ; Jawed NAWABI ; Frieder SCHLUNK ; Loris POLI ; Paolo COSTA ; Federico MAZZACANE ; Giorgio BUSTO ; Elisa SCOLA ; Francesco ARBA ; Laura BRANCALEONI ; Sebastiano GIACOMOZZI ; Luigi SIMONETTI ; Michele LAUDISI ; Anna CAVALLINI ; Massimo GAMBA ; Mauro MAGONI ; Roberto GASPAROTTI ; Alessandro PADOVANI ; Alessandro PEZZINI ; Andrea ZINI ; Enrico FAINARDI ; Ilaria CASETTA
Journal of Stroke 2022;24(3):425-428
2.Does Air Pollution Impact on Semen Parameters?Findings from a Real-Life, Cross-Sectional Study in Italian Infertile Men
Federico BELLADELLI ; Christian CORSINI ; Edoardo POZZI ; Massimiliano RAFFO ; Giuseppe FALLARA ; Antonio COSTA ; Daniele CIGNOLI ; Luca BOERI ; Eugenio VENTIMIGLIA ; Paolo CAPOGROSSO ; Michael L. EISENBERG ; Francesco MONTORSI ; Andrea SALONIA
The World Journal of Men's Health 2023;41(2):403-412
Purpose:
In industrialized countries, air pollutants levels have been monitored closely for environmental and research issues. Using Italian data, we aimed to investigate the association between air pollutants levels and semen parameters in a cohort of non-Finnish white-European men presenting for couple’s infertility.
Materials and Methods:
Complete demographic and laboratory data from 1,152 infertile men consecutively assessed between January 2015 and January 2018 were analyzed. Semen analyses were based on the 2010 World Health Organization reference criteria. Health-significant comorbidities were scored with the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). We analyzed the annual average level of the three main markers of air pollution (Pm10, Pm2.5, and NO2) between 2014 and 2018. Descriptive statistics, linear and logistic regression analyses tested the association between air pollutants levels and semen parameters.
Results:
Of 1,152 men, 87 (7.55%) had normal sperm parameters at first semen analysis. Of 1,065 patients with abnormal semen analyses, 237 (22.25%), 324 (30.42%), and 287 (26.95%) patients presented 1, 2 or 3 abnormalities, respectively, and 217 (20.38%) were azoospermic. At linear regression analysis, Pm10, Pm2.5, and NO2 were negatively associated with sperm morphology (Pm10: β=-0.5288 µg/m3, p=0.001; Pm2.5: β=-0.5240 µg/m3, p=0.019; NO2: β=-0.4396 µg/m3, p<0.0001). Furthermore, the adjusted odds of normal sperm morphology <4% were 1.06 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03–1.09; p=0.007) for Pm10, 1.07 (95% CI, 1.03–1.11; p=0.007) for Pm 2.5, and 1.03 (95% CI, 1.02–1.05; p=0.001) for NO2, respectively.
Conclusions
In a large homogenous cohort of infertile men, Pm10, Pm 2.5, and NO2 levels were negatively associated with sperm morphology. Conversely, no clear association was observed with other macroscopic sperm parameters.