Study Shows Boxers May Be Better Than Briefs For Men’s Fertility

研究表明：四角褲比起三角褲更有有益于男性的生殖功能。

Listen up, guys: Your sperm count may depend on your underwear

聽(tīng)好了，伙計(jì)們：你們的精子數(shù)量可能取決于你所選擇的內(nèi)褲。

Choosing between boxers and briefs is an age-old debate. But a new study might just give a point to those who prefer the looser garment.

在四角褲和三角褲之間做出選擇是一場(chǎng)由來(lái)已久的爭(zhēng)論了。但是一項(xiàng)最新的研究可能會(huì)給那些熱衷于更加寬松的衣服的人們加上一分。

A study published on the Oxford University Press’ academic website found that men who wore boxers had a higher sperm count than men who wore briefs. The study included 656 male partners from couples seeking treatment for infertility. The men self-reported whether they wore boxers or briefs more frequently in the previous three months. Semen samples were collected and analyzed to look for differences in sperm concentration, sperm count, motility and sperm morphology.

牛津大學(xué)出版社的學(xué)術(shù)網(wǎng)站上發(fā)表的一項(xiàng)研究表明：穿四角褲的男性和穿三角褲的男性比起來(lái)，擁有更多的精子數(shù)量。這項(xiàng)研究調(diào)查了正在接受不孕不育治療的656名男性。男子們自我報(bào)告他們?cè)谶^(guò)去的3個(gè)月里他們經(jīng)常穿的是三角褲還是四角褲。然后研究人眼收集和分析了他們的精液樣本，以尋找兩者之間的精子濃度，精子數(shù)量，精子活力以及形態(tài)的差異。

Men who reported wearing boxers more frequently had a higher sperm concentration, higher sperm count and higher motile count, according to the study.

據(jù)研究結(jié)果顯示：經(jīng)常穿四角褲的男子們有著更高的精子濃度，精子數(shù)，他們的精子也有著更好的活力。

“High scrotal temperatures have been associated with the alteration of [the] production of sperm,” Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, a research scientist in the department of environmental health at Harvard University and the lead author of the study, told HuffPost.

“較高的**溫度將會(huì)給精子的形成帶來(lái)影響?！惫鸫髮W(xué)環(huán)境健康系的研究員，該項(xiàng)目的主要負(fù)責(zé)人莉迪亞告訴赫芬頓郵報(bào)。

According to the Mayo Clinic, high temperatures can weaken the production of sperm and affect how well they function. Mínguez-Alarcón said that wearing tight clothing puts the testicles closer to the rest of the body, keeping them warmer and resulting in fewer sperm. “That is the reason why the testicles are outside the body, because they are between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius cooler,” she said.

根據(jù)梅約診所的說(shuō)法，高溫會(huì)削弱精子的生成，并影響它們的功能。Minguez表示，穿著緊身的內(nèi)褲會(huì)讓**更加靠近身體的其他部位，致使它們處于更加溫暖的狀態(tài)，從而導(dǎo)致精子數(shù)量的減少。“**處于身體外面是有原因的，因?yàn)樗鼈兊臏囟纫壬眢w溫度低2到3攝氏度?！彼f(shuō)道。

Although the study looked at several factors possibly affecting the men’s fertility, it had some limitations. For starters, it didn’t find a causal link between the type of underwear a man wears and fertility; it showed only a correlation.Additionally, all the men in the study were a part of couples having fertility issues, so it’s possible that the women had problems with fertility. Finally, since the men self-reported the type of underwear they most frequently wore, it’s possible that there was “measurement error and misclassification of the type of underwear worn,” the researchers wrote.

盡管這項(xiàng)研究關(guān)注了幾個(gè)可能可能影響男性生育能力的因素，但是它也存在著一些局限性。首先，它并沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)男性選擇的內(nèi)褲款式與他的生育能力存在著直接的因果關(guān)系；它只是顯示了兩者之間的相關(guān)性。其次，研究中的所有的男性都是面臨生育問(wèn)題的夫婦中的一位，因此有可能女性才是存在生育問(wèn)題的那位。最后，由于男性們需要自我報(bào)告自己最常穿的內(nèi)褲類型，所有可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)測(cè)量誤差以及對(duì)內(nèi)褲類型的錯(cuò)誤分類等問(wèn)題。

The study nods to an often underdiscussed topic when it comes to fertility: men. An estimated 15 percent of couples face infertility issues, according to the Mayo Clinic, and male infertility plays a role in up to half those cases. But the burden of not being able to have children “falls disproportionately on women,” according to the World Health Organization Advisory Committee on Health Research.

這項(xiàng)研究挑起了一個(gè)經(jīng)常被人們忽視的話題，那就是在不孕不育這個(gè)問(wèn)題中男性的生育問(wèn)題。根據(jù)梅約診所提供的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，大概有15%的夫婦面臨著不孕不育問(wèn)題，而男性不育在這些病例中占據(jù)了一半。但是根據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織健康研究咨詢委員會(huì)的說(shuō)法，不能生育孩子的責(zé)任“不成比例地落在了女性的身上”。

Many infertility treatments are geared toward women, such as in vitro fertilization and drugs that stimulate ovulation and increase egg production. According to the University of Cambridge, research has shown that male fertility is “culturally invisible” and isn’t as openly talked about, even though it is just as common as infertility in women. While heat may just be one factor in male fertility issues, a variety of others could also affect sperm production. Hormone imbalances, age, stress and lifestyle factors such as diet and drug use can also result in male infertility. ?

許多不孕不育的治療方案都是針對(duì)女性的，比如試管受精，用藥物激發(fā)排卵期并增加女性的排卵量等。根據(jù)劍橋大學(xué)的研究表明，男性的生育問(wèn)題基本上是“文化上隱形”的，沒(méi)有人公開地討論這個(gè)話題，盡管男性不育問(wèn)題和女性的不孕問(wèn)題一樣的普遍。熱量只是影響男性生育能力的其中一個(gè)因素，其他像荷爾蒙失調(diào)，年齡，壓力以及飲食和藥物使用等因素也可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致男性的不育問(wèn)題。