What is harmful for male fertility: Cell phone or the wireless internet?

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dc.authoridYILDIRIM, MEHMET/0000-0003-4768-4537|Kaynar, Mehmet/0000-0002-6957-9060
dc.contributor.authorYildirim, Mehmet Erol
dc.contributor.authorKaynar, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorBadem, Huseyin
dc.contributor.authorCavis, Mucahit
dc.contributor.authorKaratas, Omer Faruk
dc.contributor.authorCimentepe, Ersin
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:09:05Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:09:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we aimed to assess the potential harmful effects of radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation on sperm parameters. We requested semen for analyses from the male patients coming to our infertility division and also asked them to fill out an anonymous questionnaire. We queried their mobile phone and wireless internet usage frequencies in order to determine their radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation exposure. A total of 1082 patients filled the questionnaire but 51 of them were excluded from the study because of azoospermia. There was no significant difference between sperm counts and sperm morphology excluding sperm motility, due to mobile phone usage period, (p = 0.074, p = 0.909, and p = 0.05, respectively). The total motile sperm count and the progressive motile sperm count decreased due to the increase of internet usage (p = 0.032 and p = 0.033, respectively). In line with the total motile sperm count, progressive motile sperm count also decreased with wireless internet usage compared with the wired internet connection usage (p = 0.009 and p = 0.018, respectively). There was a negative correlation between wireless internet usage duration and the total sperm count (r = -0.089, p = 0.039). We have also explored the negative effect of wireless internet use on sperm motility according to our preliminary results. Copyright (C) 2015, Kaohsiung Medical University. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.kjms.2015.06.006
dc.identifier.endpage484
dc.identifier.issn1607-551X
dc.identifier.issn2410-8650
dc.identifier.issue9
dc.identifier.pmid26362961
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84941180330
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage480
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjms.2015.06.006
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/3465
dc.identifier.volume31
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000361005400006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofKaohsiung Journal Of Medical Sciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20251023
dc.subjectCellular phone; Radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation; Sperm; Wi-Fi
dc.titleWhat is harmful for male fertility: Cell phone or the wireless internet?
dc.typeArticle

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