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. 2017 Apr;35(1):51-56.
doi: 10.5534/wjmh.2017.35.1.51.

Are There Relationships between Seminal Parameters and the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio or the Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio?

Serdar Aykan  1 , Lütfi Canat  2 , Serkan Gönültaş  1 , Hasan Anıl Atalay  3 , Fatih Altunrende  3
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Are There Relationships between Seminal Parameters and the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio or the Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio?

Serdar Aykan et al. World J Mens Health. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of seminal parameters with the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), which are inflammatory markers, in men with an abnormal semen analysis and men with normozoospermia.

Materials and methods: Fifty-seven men with abnormal semen analyses and 59 men with normozoospermia were included in this cross-sectional study. A complete blood count was recorded, and the NLR and PLR were calculated from the hematologic parameters.

Results: The NLR was 1.84±0.78 in the normozoospermic group and 1.80±0.75 in the abnormal semen analysis group. The PLR was 95.32±35.47 in the normozoospermic group and 93.57±28.09 in the abnormal semen analysis group. No significant differences were found between the normozoospermic and the abnormal semen analysis group in the NLR (p=0.828) or the PLR (p=0.768). In addition, no seminal parameters were correlated with the NLR or the PLR (p>0.05).

Conclusions: We do not recommend using the NLR or the PLR as markers to screen for abnormal semen parameters or male infertility.

Keywords: Infertility; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Semen analysis.

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