@article{Alam_Khan_Khan_Bibi_Shabbir_Naeem_Qazi_2011, title={TREND OF FERTILITY POTENTIALS WITH INCREASING AGE IN PAKISTANI MALES}, volume={25}, url={https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/1130}, abstractNote={<strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Objective:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">The objective being to examine the magnitude and the shape of the relationships between age</span><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Methodology:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">This experimental study with non-probability sampling was conducted in Reproductive<p>Physiology/Health, Public Health Laboratories Division, National Institute of Health, Islamabad during</p></span></p><p>2006-2009.</p><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Results:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">A total 350 patients (21-50 years) were divided age wise into three groups (21-30, 31-40 and 41-<p>50 years) to compare alteration in sperm count and motility. Semen profile was evaluated according to</p><p>WHO reference value for normal semen characteristics. The result of Sperm concentration showed a non</p><p>significant (p>0.05) decreasing trend with increasing age that was 0.047million/ml for every year where as</p></span></p><p>sperm motility declined significantly with increasing age at p>0.05.</p><strong><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,BoldItalic; font-size: x-small;"><p>Conclusion:</p></span></strong></span></strong></span><p> </p></em></strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><p><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">Age-related decreases in semen qualities particularly decline in sperm motility revealed that<p>men may become progressively less fertile as they age. However, unlike women, there appears to be no</p></span></p><p>evidence of an age threshold for men.</p></em></span></em></span></em></span></p><p>and semen volume, sperm concentration and sperm motility by keeping the other factors affecting fertility</p><p>directly constant among patients undergoing infertility evaluation at National Institute of Health,</p><p>Islamabad, Pakistan.</p></em></span>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Alam, Waheed and Khan, Muhammad Shoaib and Khan, Jamil and Bibi, Riffat and Shabbir, Arzoo and Naeem, Muhammad and Qazi, Birjees Mazhar}, year={2011}, month={Oct.} }