IJSRP, Volume 6, Issue 9, September 2016 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
AUB Pethiyagoda, K Pethiyagoda
Abstract:
Male subfertility is a major problem that is encounted in today’s urological practice. Occupation plays an important role among the factors contributing to male subfertility. The present study evaluates the pattern of occupational distribution in a subfertile population attending to urology and andrologyclinics. The current study included 120 male patients with a history of subfertility. According to the results, the highest percentage of study subjects were from armed forces (16.7%) followed by skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (15%) and craft and related trade workers (15%). According to current study there is an association between occupation and subfertility.