%0 Journal Article
%T Vitamin D3: Association of Low Vitamin D3 Levels with Semen Abnormalities in Infertile Males
%A Anwar Ali Jamali
%A Bhojo Mal Tanwani
%A Ghulam Mustafa Jamali
%A Ameer Ali Jamali
%A Muhammad Ali Suhail
%A Jagdesh Kumar
%A Rajesh Kumar
%J Advances in Sexual Medicine
%P 39-59
%@ 2164-5205
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/asm.2018.84004
%X Background: Insufficiency
of vitamin D is one of the utmost general health issues all over the globe,
including Pakistan; incompatible data are present on the possible
relationship among serum vitamin D values and quality of semen. Objective: Lack of
Vitamin D in body is related with a higher risk of various health problems
including infertility. In our setup no such type of study had been conducted in
the past on the relationship among serum vitamin D levels and infertility. This
study was aimed to investigate male subjects with infertility and serum levels
of vitamin D. Methods: This
study was cross-sectional
and performed on 243 male subjects who attended the clinic for
evaluation of infertility from January 2016 to December 2017. Mean age of
patients was 31.94 years with standard deviation of 7.52 years. The mean age of
controls was 32.2 years with SD 8.42 years, age ranged between 20 years as
minimum to 46 years as maximum. The minimum vitamin D level was 7.00 ng/dl
while maximum