Does vasectomy predispose to osteoporosis?

Byrne, P. A. C., Evans, W. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0013-8205 and Rajan, K. T. 1997. Does vasectomy predispose to osteoporosis? British Journal of Urology 79 (4) , pp. 599-601. 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00124.x

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether vasectomy, which causes immunological and histological changes to the testes and changes to the hypothalamo-pituitary axis, could influence bone mineral density (BMD) and predispose to osteoporosis. Patients and methods: From patients referred to the Bone Densitometry Clinic, the BMD of L1–L4 and of the hip was analysed in 25 vasectomized men and compared with that in age-matched controls, ensuring that both groups had no secondary causes which might predispose to osteoporosis. Results: In the spine, the mean (standard deviation) BMD was 1.00 (0.19) g/cm2 for the vasectomized men and 0.96 (0.14) g/cm2 for the controls. In the hip (femoral neck and total, respectively) the means were 0.79 g/cm2 and 0.90 g/cm2 for the vasectomized men and 0.72 g/cm2 and 0.96 g/cm2 for the controls. None of the differences were statistically significant. Conclusion: This study does not support the hypothesis that vasectomy may be a risk factor for osteoporosis.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
ISSN:	0007-1331
Date of Acceptance:	16 December 1996
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 09:56
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145031

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