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. 2020 Feb 8;9(2):471. doi: 10.3390/jcm9020471

Table 2.

Summary of recent available clinical evidence of Bisphenol A effects on sperm parameters and reproductive hormones.

Paper Year N subjects EDCs investigated Subjects with EDCs >LOD Population Sperm Parameters Hormones
Lassen et al. [88] 2014 308 urinary BPA 98% general population highest BPA concentration quartile had reduced % progressive motility vs. lower quartile. highest BPA quartiles had higher LH, testosterone and estradiol compared to lower quartile.
Knez et al. [89] 2014 149 urinary BPA 98% infertile BPA: negative association with sperm concentration and vitality N/A
Adoamnei et al. [90] 2018 215 urinary BPA 95% healthy volounteers negative association between BPA and sperm concentration, total sperm count positive association between BPA and LH
Ji et al. [91] 2018 500 urinary BPA 73.6% fertile BPA was associated with several CASA kinetics parameters (positive associations: LIN, STR, WOB; negative associations: ALH)) N/A
Pollard et al. [92] 2019 161 urinary BPA 87% men with unknown fertility abnormal morphology was associated with higher BPA mean urinary concentrations N/A
Kim et al. [93] 2019 146 Urinary, semen plasma, blood BPA 43.1% (urine); 71.3% (semen plasma); 77.6% (blood) infertile no associations with sperm concentration and motility; no significant effect on embryo embryo quality, oocytes retrieved, pregnancy N/A