男性因子不孕症和多发性硬化症 (MS) 风险:系统性审查和元分析
Zahra Shahraki1, Aida Mohamadi2, Mohsen Rastkar3
1Zabol Medicinal Plants Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.
Journal of family & reproductive health
|May 29, 2024
概括
这项研究发现,男性不孕不育和患多发性硬化症 (MS) 的风险之间没有显著联系. 需要进一步的研究,以了解导致男性MS发展的复杂因素.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
背景情况:
- 多发性硬化症 (MS) 是一种自身免疫性中枢神经系统疾病,对男性特异性风险因素的研究有限.
- 男性不孕症是由不同的遗传和环境原因引起的.
- 潜在的共享免疫路径表明男性不孕症和MS之间可能存在联系.
研究的目的:
- 系统地评估男性因子不孕症与患多发性硬化症的风险之间的关联.
- 通过元分析来综合现有证据.
主要方法:
- 在主要数据库 (PubMed,Embase,Scopus,Web of Science,Google Scholar) 进行了全面的文献搜索,截至2021年6月.
- 包括专注于男性不孕症和多发性硬化症的研究,以及针对这两种疾病和相关因素的特定搜索术语.
- 对3项选定的研究进行了元分析,包括2090例多发性硬化病例和3,895,562例对照.
主要成果:
- 文献搜索确定了109篇独特的文章,导致将3项研究纳入元分析.
- 这项分析涉及2090名多发性硬化症患者和3,895,562名对照人群.
- 男性因子不孕症和MS风险的合并几率比为1.87 (95% CI:0.89-3.94),具有显著的异质性 (I2=86.1%,P=0.001).
结论:
- 这一系统性审查和元分析表明,男性因子不孕不育和患多发性硬化症风险增加之间没有统计学上显著的关系.
- 聚合分析中观察到的关联没有达到统计学意义,这表明男性不孕不育不是MS的确诊风险因素.
- 进一步调查可能是有必要的,以探索潜在的间接联系或特定的子组.
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