Prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia among normozoospermic donors at Medfem Clinic, South Africa

Andrologia
E BosmanW A Hoffmann

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia in a group of normozoospermic donors and the influence of insulin levels on in vitro fertilisation (IVF) outcome. Fasting insulin and 2 h post-eating insulin levels were determined for a group of thirty-four sperm donors. They were divided into three groups according to their insulin profiles. The association between insulin levels and embryo quality was determined in a clinical study for the different groups. The prevalence of raised insulin in the donor group was 44% with a 95% confidence interval of 27.2% and 62.1%. Donors with normal insulin levels produced more good quality blastocysts in the IVF programme than those with abnormal insulin levels. These differences were not statistically significant (P=0.8638). Embryo quality in an IVF programme may be influenced by male insulin levels. The role of insulin in male fertility needs to be investigated.

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