Exploring the relationship between ambient sulfur dioxide and semen quality parameters:A systematic review and meta-analysis

作     者：Seyed Sobhan Bahreiny Mojtaba Aghaei Mohammad Reza Dabbagh Hamid Ghorbani Moslem Javidan Reza Mohammadpour Fard Seyed Sobhan Bahreiny;Mojtaba Aghaei;Mohammad Reza Dabbagh;Hamid Ghorbani;Moslem Javidan;Reza Mohammadpour Fard

作者机构：Student Research CommitteeAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical SciencesAhvazIran Medical Basic Sciences Research InstitutePhysiology Research CenterDepartment of PhysiologySchool of MedicineAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical SciencesAhvazIran Department of BiologyFaculty of ScienceShahid Chamran University of AhvazAhvazIran Department of ImmunologyFaculty of MedicineAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical SciencesAhvazIran 

出 版 物：《Asian pacific Journal of Reproduction》 (亚太生殖杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第13卷第1期

页      面：12-21页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Semen quality Sulfur dioxide Ambient air pollution Meta-analysis 

摘      要：Objective:To investigate the relationship between ambient sulfur dioxide(SO2)exposure and semen quality ***:A systematic literature search was conducted to identify relevant studies investigating the association between SO2 exposure and semen quality *** search encompassed the timeframe from January 2000 to May 2023 and included electronic databases such as Web of Science,Google Scholar,PubMed,Cochrane,and *** effect estimates with 95%confidence intervals(CI)were calculated using percent changes(PC).The meta-analysis included seven studies with 6711 participants and 15087 semen ***:The results revealed a significant negative association between ambient SO2 exposure and certain semen quality *** particular,SO2 exposure was associated with a significant decrease in progressive motility(PC=0.032;95%CI:-0.063 to-0.001;P=0.044)and sperm concentration(PC=-0.020;95%CI:-0.036 to-0.005;P=0.012).However,no statistically significant associations were observed for total sperm count(PC=-0.038;95%CI:-0.079 to 0.003;P=0.070),seminal fluid volume(PC=-0.009;95%CI:-0.048 to-0.030;P=0.662)and sperm motility(PC=-0.17;95%CI:-0.363 to 0.022;P=0.830).In addition,the results of the subgroup analysis revealed specific variables that were associated with the decrease in relevant sperm ***:This systematic review and meta-analysis provides compelling evidence supporting a consistent negative association between exposure to ambient SO2 and semen quality parameters.