Type 2 diabetes mellitus affects male fertility potential.

OBJECTIVE Diabetes is a syndrome that affects all the physiological systems of the body, therefore this study was undertaken to compare the seminogram parameters in diabetics and non-diabetics. STUDY DESIGN The study was carried out at Male Infertility and Reproductive Physiology unit in the Department of Physiology, MGIMS, Sevagram, Wardha. 25 normozoospermic subjects with type 2 diabetes and 25 normozoospermic non diabetic subjects were recruited in the study. The semen samples were analyzed for sperm concentration, motility and morphology. RESULTS In diabetic group the sperm concentration was 24.6 millions/ml with the motility of 52.3% and normal morphology 31.5%, while in non-diabetic group the sperm concentration was 42.7 millions/ml with 63.1% motility and 47.2% normal morphology. CONCLUSION Thus our observations indicate that there is a detrimental effect of type 2 diabetes mellitus on semen parameters.