Male Fertility May Be Impaired by CP/CPPS

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) has a significant negative effect on sperm concentration and other semen parameters, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published online in PLoS One (2014;9:e94991).

Weihua Fu, MD, of the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, and colleagues analyzed data from 12 case-control studies that included 999 cases and 455 controls. The meta-analysis showed that sperm concentration and the percentage of progressively motile sperm and morphologically normal sperm from patients with CP/CPPS were significantly lower than in controls.

Semen volume, however, was greater in the CP/CPPS patients than controls. Results also demonstrated no significant difference between the group with regard to total sperm count, sperm total motility, and sperm vitality.

From the August 01, 2014 Issue of Renal and Urology News