The research, led by researcher Lærke Priskorn and andrologist Niels Jørgensen of the Department of Growth and Reproduction at Copenhagen-Rigshospitalet University Hospital (Denmark), found that men with a higher number of motile sperm live, on average, almost three years longer than those with lower semen quality.

Based on data from men evaluated for infertility problems in the couple, arriving at the public semen analysis laboratory in Copenhagen between 1965 and 2015, it was possible to have a representative sample of individuals with different levels of seminal quality, from optimal values to total absence of spermatozoa.

Our study confirms the hypothesis that semen quality is associated with life expectancy, Priskorn stressed in the article, after stating that they calculated the longevity of men according to the quality of their semen.

We found that those with the best quality can live, on average, two to three years longer than those with the lowest values. This association is not explained by previous diseases or by the educational level of the participants, he said.

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