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Association between electronic device usage and sperm quality parameters in healthy men screened as potential sperm donors.

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  • 1. Clinical Research and Translation Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China; Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
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    • Chen HG 1
    (1 author)
  • 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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    • Wu P 2
    • Sun B 2
    • Chen JX 2
    • Pan A 2
    (4 authors)
  • 3. Center of Reproductive Medicine, Wuhan Tongji Reproductive Medicine Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China; Hubei Province Human Sperm Bank, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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    • Xiong CL 3
    • Meng TQ 3
    (2 authors)
  • 4. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
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    • Huang XY 4
    • Su QL 4
    • Ye W 4
    (3 authors)
  • 5. Department of Andrology & Sexual Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
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    • Zhou H 5
    (1 author)
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Environmental Pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 01 Sep 2022, 312:120089
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120089 PMID: 36058315 

Abstract 

Cell phone use and radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMF) are rapidly increasing and may be associated with lower semen quality, yet results from epidemiological studies are inconclusive. Information on electronic devices use was collected through standard questionnaires from 1454 men aged 22-45 years old. Semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count, total motility, progressive motility, and normal morphology in repeated specimens were determined by trained clinical technicians. Percent changes [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] were estimated as (10β-1) × 100 for electronic devices use associated with repeated sperm quality parameters in the linear mixed-effect models. After adjusting for multiple confounders, we found significant inverse associations of total duration of electronic devices use with sperm progressive motility and total motility, duration of cell phone and computer use with sperm concentration, progressive motility, and total motility (all P < 0.05). No significant association was found between cell phone/computer use alone and sperm quality parameters. Moreover, per hour increase of time spent on cell phone talking was associated with decreased sperm concentration and total count by an average of -8.0% (95% CI: -15.2%, -0.2%) and -12.7% (95% CI: -21.3%, -3.1%), respectively. Besides, daily calling time was associated with lower sperm progressive motility and total motility among those who used headsets during a call (P for interaction <0.05). In conclusion, our study suggested that more time spent on electronic devices use had a modest reduction effect on semen quality. Daily calling time was significantly associated with lower sperm concentration and total count, and using headsets during a call appeared to aggravate the negative association between daily calling time and sperm motility. Additional studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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Fujian Medical University (1)

National Natural Science Foundation of China (1)

National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (1)

Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (1)