Publications by authors named "Lizi Fang"

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  • * A study using NHANES data from 2011-2016 looked at the relationship between TyG-BMI and testosterone levels in 3,394 male participants, finding a significant negative correlation.
  • * TyG-BMI was shown to be a more reliable predictor of testosterone deficiency compared to HOMA-IR and TyG indices, based on the area under the ROC curve analyses.
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Since the reproductive toxicity of COVID-19 vaccines have not been assessed in previous clinical trials, and studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a decrease in sperm parameters. Although it has been reported that the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines do not adversely affect semen parameters, whether this conclusion applies to inactivated vaccines remains unclear. Here, we conducted a study among patients who accepted in vitro fertilization (IVF) at the reproductive centre between June and August of 2021.

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Background: It remains controversial whether there is a difference in the prognosis of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) using frozen or fresh testicular sperm in patients with obstructive azoospermia (OA). Moreover, in the available studies, few have tracked neonatal outcomes. This study aimed to compare the pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of ICSI using cryopreserved sperm versus fresh sperm collected by testicular sperm aspiration (TESA).

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