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Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened or Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Semen Quality in Young Men: A Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Maiken Meldgaard

    (Unit for Applied Public Health, Department of Public Health, Research, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Nis Brix

    (Research Unit for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
    Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Anne Gaml-Sørensen

    (Research Unit for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Andreas Ernst

    (Research Unit for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
    Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen

    (Research Unit for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark)

  • Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg

    (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Karin Sørig Hougaard

    (Denmark and National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde

    (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, 1353 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Gunnar Toft

    (Steno Diabetes Center Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark)

Abstract

Background: Existing literature suggests that frequent consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks may be associated with lower semen quality. Studies performed in mice suggest a dose-response relationship between intake of saccharin or aspartame, two artificial sweeteners, and sperm and testis function. Methods: A cross-sectional study based on data from The Fetal Programming of Semen Quality (FEPOS) Cohort, including 1047 young men (mean age = 19 years) was performed. Each male participant completed an online questionnaire on health, health behavior and diet, and provided a semen sample. The associations between consumption of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverages (moderate ≥ 3 days/week; infrequent < 3 days/week) and semen quality were analyzed using a multivariable, negative, binomial regression model. Results: Sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverage consumption was not strongly associated with either semen volume, sperm concentration, total sperm count or total motility in young men. The proportion of morphologically normal sperm was 11% lower (0.89 (95% CI 0.76, 1.04)) for moderate (≥3 days/week) consumption of artificially sweetened beverages relative to infrequent (<3 days/week). Conclusion: Consumption of sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverages, at the levels present in this study had limited effect on the measured markers of semen quality in young men.

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  • Maiken Meldgaard & Nis Brix & Anne Gaml-Sørensen & Andreas Ernst & Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen & Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg & Karin Sørig Hougaard & Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde & Gunnar Toft, 2022. "Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened or Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Semen Quality in Young Men: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:682-:d:720065
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