TY - JOUR JF - Babol-Jbums JO - J Babol Univ Med Sci VL - 24 IS - 1 PY - 2022 Y1 - 2022/3/01 TI - Association between Serum Vitamin D3 Levels and Sex Hormones in Infertile Men TT - ارتباط مقادیر سرمی ویتامین دی 3 با هورمون های تولید مثلی مردان نابارور N2 - Background and Objective: The prevalence of male infertility is increasing worldwide and vitamin D deficiency can be one of the causes for this problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and reproductive hormones in infertile men with abnormal spermograms. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 220 infertile men with abnormal spermograms. Based on serum levels of vitamin D, they were divided into two groups of vitamin D less than 20 ng/ml (108 patients) and vitamin D greater than or equal to 20 ng/ml (112 patients). Then serum levels of FSH, LH, FT and TT were extracted and compared by referring to the medical records of the subjects. Findings: The mean age and body mass index of participants were 34.46±5.60 years and 25.54±2.40 kg/m2, respectively. Hormone levels of FT, TT, and FSH did not show a statistically significant difference between the two groups. However, LH levels in the group with vitamin D deficiency (3.63±2.53) was significantly lower than the group with normal vitamin D (4.67±4.08) (p= 0.025). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed a significant relationship only between LH levels in infertile men and their serum vitamin D levels. SP - 88 EP - 94 AU - Talebi, A AU - Amini, L AU - Sahebkar, A AD - 2.Nursing Care Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R.Iran. KW - Male Infertility KW - Vitamin D3 KW - Sex Hormones KW - Sperm. UR - http://jbums.org/article-1-10005-en.html DO - 10.22088/jbums.24.1.88 ER -