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Table 2 Exposure to air pollutants and semen quality

From: Air pollution from natural and anthropic sources and male fertility

Outcome

Air pollution

PM10

PM2,5

Pb, Cd

NOx

SOx

PAHs

O3

CO

Ehoust partciles - diesel

Volume

Santi 2016 + ↑

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Santi 2016 -

 

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Song 2013 -

Han 2011 -

Rubes 2007 -

Jurewicz 2013 + ↑

   

Concentration (×106/mL)

Santi 2016 -

Zhou 2014 + ↑

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Wu 2016 + ↓

Sokol 2006 -

Santi 2016-

Wu 2016 + ↓

Hammound 2010 -

Hansen 2010 -

 

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Sokol 2006 -

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Song 2013 -

Han 2011 -

Rubes 2007 -

Xia 2009b + ↓

Hansen 2010 -

Sokol 2006 + ↓

Sokol 2006 -

 

Sperm count

Santi 2016 -

Sokol 2006 -

Rubes 2005 -

Wu 2006 + ↓

Santi 2016 + ↑

Wu 2016 + ↓

Hansen 2010 -

 

Sokol 2006 -

Rubes 2005 -

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Boggia 2009 -

Rubes 2005 -

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Han 2011 -

Xia 2009b + ↓

Hansen 2010 -

Sokol 2006 -

Guven 2008 + ↓

Morphology (% of sperm with normal morphology) (%)

Santi 2016 + ↑

Zhou 2014 + ↓

Rubes 2007 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Radwan 2016 + ↓

Santi 2016 -

Hammound 2010 - Hansen 2010 –

Radwan 2016 + ↓

 

Zhou 2014 + ↓

Rubes 2007 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Boggia 2009 –

Radwan 2016 + ↓

Zhou 2014 + ↓

Rubes 2007 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Radwan 2016 + ↓

Han 2011 –

Rubes 2007 –

Jurewicz 2013 + ↓

Hansen 2010 –

Radwan 2016 + ↓

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Guven 2008 + ↓

Progressive motility (%)

Santi 2016 -

Wu 2016 -

Zhou 2014 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Santi 2016 -

Wu 2016 -

 

Zhou 2014 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Zhou 2014 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

  

Selevan 2000 + ↓

 

Total motility (%)

Santi 2016 –

Wu 2016 -

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 –

Sokol 2006 -

Rubes 2005 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Santi 2016 –

Wu 2016 -

Hammound 2010 + ↓

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Sokol 2006 -

Rubes 2005 -

Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Boggia 2009 + ↓

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Zhou 2014 -

Rubes 2007 -

Rubes 2005 -Selevan 2000 + ↓

Calogero 2011 + ↓

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Song 2013 +

Han 2011 -

Rubes 2007 -

Jurewicz 2013 + ↑

Sokol 2006 -

Sokol 2006 -Selevan 2000 + ↓

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Guven 2008 + ↓

Sperm DNA damage

Rubes 2007 + ↑

Rubes 2005 +

Zhou 2014 + ↑

Selevan 2000 +

Rawdan 2016 + ↓

Hansen 2010 -

Radwan 2016 -

 

Rubes 2007 + ↑

Rubes 2005 +

Zhou 2014 + ↑

Selevan 2000 +

Calogero 2011 + ↓

Radwan 2016 -

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Rubes 2007 + ↑

Rubes 2005 +

Zhou 2014 + ↑

Selevan 2000 +

Calogero 2011 + ↑

Radwan 2016 –

De Rosa 2003 + ↓

Rubes 2007 + ↑

Rubes 2005 +

Han 2011 + ↑

Jurewicz 2013 +

Hansen 2010 -

Sokol 2006 + ↑

Selevan2000 +

Rawdan 2016 -

 

Sperm aneuploidy

Jurewicz 2015 + ↑

Jurewicz 2015 + ↑

  

Robbins 1999 + ↑

Radwan 2015 + ↑

   

Reproductive hormones

Radwan 2016 + ↑

Radwan 2016 + ↑

De Rosa 2003 -

Calogero 2011 -

Boggia 2009 -

De Rosa 2003 -

Calogero 2011 -

De Rosa 2003 -

  

De Rosa 2003 -

Radwan 2016 + ↑

 
  1. PM10 particulate matter < 10 Ό3, PM 2,5 particulate matter < 2,5 Όm, Pb lead, Cd cadmium, NOx nitrogen oxides, SOx sulfur dioxide, PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, O3 ozone, CO carbon monoxide
  2. + significant association; − non significant association; ↑ increase; ↓ decrease