Declining male fertility with age may impact family planning
The study looked at how age affects male fertility by analyzing 18,441 semen samples from different age groups. They found that as men get older, their semen volume and sperm count decrease, while sperm concentration and DNA fragmentation increase. Sperm motility and high DNA stainability also drop after the age of 30. Older men (above 40) tend to have higher DNA fragmentation and lower high DNA stainability in their sperm compared to younger men. Overall, the research shows that aging has a negative impact on both the quantity and quality of sperm, and there are significant links between traditional sperm parameters like count and motility with sperm DNA integrity.