International Invention Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

80-87

Authors: 1Umelo FU, *1Eifediyi RA, 1Isabu P, 1Ikheloa J and 2Affussim CC

Infertility is a world-wide issue in reproductive health, and is growing more in developing countries. Men are very often not seen as causes of infertility especially in the rural societies owing to misconceptions about the causes of infertility thus predisposing women to greater physical and social stigma in comparison to men. This was a questionnaire based study conducted in the Obstetric and Gynaecological clinic of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital between October 1st 2013 and December 31st 2013. Majority, 225 (70.1%) say that infertility is due to both male and female factors combined. However, 163 (50.8%) believe that females contribute more to the cause of infertility than males (7.8%) and both combined (41.4%). Eighty four point one percent believe that men never admit that they contribute to infertility. The study showed that only 106 (33%) were aware of the duration it takes before a couple is said to be infertile and 254 (70.1%) know some of the causes of infertility. The result showed that 57.2% of the respondents were unaware of the common causes of male infertility while only 9.5% have good knowledge of causes of male infertility. Infertility has a serious impact on a couple’s personal relations and on their physical and mental health. Every attempt should therefore be made at making the public not to see infertility as purely a woman’s lot but rather, educational programmes should be embarked upon to enable the populace appreciate the combined role of male and female factors in infertility. Keywords: Infertility, Male, Perception.

96-100

Authors: Edibe Saricicek1, Ayten Oguz2, Dilek Tuzun2, Ahmet Celik3*, Elif Sahin3, Metin Kilinc3

Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), serum triglyceride (TG) and HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentrations are evaluated together in calculation of visceral adiposity index (VAI), is a newer described index. We aimed to investigate the relationships of smoking and/or alcohol intake and VAI in healthy adult men in this study. For this purpose 96 healthy adult men were included to the study and divided into four groups; 52 both non-smokers and non-drinkers (Group NSNA), 21 smokers (Group S), 9 drinkers (Group A) and 14 both smoker and drinker (Group SA). Serum concentrations TG and HDL-C, body weight and waist circumference were measured, then BMI and VAI were calculated. VAI, TG and HDL-C were significantly different between the groups (p values were 0.002; 0.008 and 0.044 respectively). VAI, TG and HDL-C were significantly different between Group NSNA and SA (p values were 0.001; 0.004 and 0.035 respectively). There was no significant correlation between cigarettes smoked per years and VAI in smokers. The rise of VAI is associated with both alone alcohol intake and smoking and alcohol intake together. VAI may be lower, in case of absence of both smoking and drinking, non-elevated VAI may be seen in smokers due to lower TG. Keywords: Visceral Adiposity Index, Smoking, Drinking.