[Functional state of the genital system in men with obesity]

The results from the carried out investigations on fertility indices of ejaculate are reported as well as on the spermatogenic activity test with radioactive phosphorus and on the determination of total gonadotropic excretion in urine of males with high degree of obesity. A statistically significant decrease of all investigated in dices of ejaculate and the test of spermatogenic activity was found. The decreased gonadotropic activity in over half of the patients investigated with obesity, as well as the manifestations of diencephalic alterations in them made the authors admit the secondary character of the gonad disorders.