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Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements.

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Raymer, JH; Michael, LC; Studabaker, WB; Olsen, GW; Sloan, CS; Wilcosky, T; Walmer, DK
Published in: Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)
July 2012

A total of 256 men were studied to evaluate whether serum concentrations of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) impacted semen quality or reproductive hormones. Blood and semen were collected and analyzed for perfluorochemicals and reproductive and thyroid hormones. Semen quality was assessed using standard clinical methods. Linear and logistic modeling was performed with semen profile measurements as outcomes and PFOS and PFOA in semen and plasma as explanatory variables. Adjusting for age, abstinence, and tobacco use, there was no indication that PFOA or PFOS was significantly associated with volume, sperm concentration, percent motility, swim-up motility and concentration, and directional motility (a function of motility and modal progression). Follicle-stimulating hormone was not associated with either PFOA or PFOS. Luteinizing hormone was positively correlated with plasma PFOA and PFOS, but not semen PFOS. Important methodological concerns included the lack of multiple hormonal measurements necessary to address circadian rhythms.

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Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)

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EISSN

1873-1708

ISSN

0890-6238

Publication Date

July 2012

Volume

33

Issue

4

Start / End Page

419 / 427

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Sperm Motility
  • Sperm Count
  • Semen
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Humans
 

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Raymer, J. H., Michael, L. C., Studabaker, W. B., Olsen, G. W., Sloan, C. S., Wilcosky, T., & Walmer, D. K. (2012). Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements. Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.), 33(4), 419–427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.05.024
Raymer, James H., Larry C. Michael, William B. Studabaker, Geary W. Olsen, Carol S. Sloan, Timothy Wilcosky, and David K. Walmer. “Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements.Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 33, no. 4 (July 2012): 419–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.05.024.
Raymer JH, Michael LC, Studabaker WB, Olsen GW, Sloan CS, Wilcosky T, et al. Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements. Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, NY). 2012 Jul;33(4):419–27.
Raymer, James H., et al. “Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements.Reproductive Toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.), vol. 33, no. 4, July 2012, pp. 419–27. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.05.024.
Raymer JH, Michael LC, Studabaker WB, Olsen GW, Sloan CS, Wilcosky T, Walmer DK. Concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and their associations with human semen quality measurements. Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, NY). 2012 Jul;33(4):419–427.
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Published In

Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1873-1708

ISSN

0890-6238

Publication Date

July 2012

Volume

33

Issue

4

Start / End Page

419 / 427

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Sperm Motility
  • Sperm Count
  • Semen
  • North Carolina
  • Male
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Humans