Abstract
To determine if COVID-19 vaccination has a significant influence on parameters considered important for Assisted reproductive technology (ART) in men. Retrospective analysis of 70 male patients, investigating semen volume (mL), concentration (x106), percent sperm motility, Progression, total motile sperm count (TMC) (x106) respectively with respect to COVID-19 vaccination status. A total of 70 male patients/donors were included in the analysis. Patients were stratified into two groups based on the COVID-19 vaccination such that 36 patients received at least a single dose of vaccine and 34 did not received any dose of vaccine. Data was structured within each group with respect to aspects like semen volume (mL), concentration (x106), percent sperm motility, Progression, total motile sperm count (TMC) (x106) respectively. Statistical analysis included two-tailed Student’s t-test for continuous variables, Chi-squared test for categorical variables, Pearson correlation for correlation matrix analysis, with p<0.05 defining statistical significance. GraphPad Prism (GraphPad Software) was used for statistical analysis. We compared semen volume (mL), concentration (x106), percent sperm motility, Progression, total motile sperm count (TMC) (x106) respectively between the vaccinated (n=36) and non-vaccinated (n=34) male patients/donors. Results showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in context of each of the considered parameters (p>0.05). Our findings suggest that COVID-19 vaccination does not affect semen volume (mL), concentration (x106), percent sperm motility, progression, total motile sperm count (TMC) (x106) respectively. Further studies are required to find If additional parameters, such as sperm sorting methods, BMI, age, Testosterone, Leutinizing hormones (LH), Follicular stimulating hormones (FSH) which could be influenced by COVID-19 vaccination. Together these studies will help to overcome vaccine hesitance and establish a clear understanding about vaccines in the context of clinical variables that are considered relevant to ART for successful IVF outcomes.
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