Department of Urology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Andrologia. 2022 Mar;54(2):e14281. doi: 10.1111/and.14281. Epub 2021 Oct 20.
Vaccine hesitancy is a major public health obstacle to fighting the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic. Due to studies that show COVID-19 infection can affect sperm parameters and lead to orchitis, the public are concerned about the effect of the COVID vaccines on male reproduction. In this study, we investigated the association between COVID-19 vaccination and risk of developing orchitis and/or epididymitis outcomes in a cohort of men using a large, US-based, electronic health record database. After balancing for confounding variables, we found that receiving at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine is associated with a decreased risk of developing orchitis and/or epididymitis.
疫苗犹豫是应对当前 COVID-19 疫情的主要公共卫生障碍。由于研究表明 COVID-19 感染会影响精子参数并导致睾丸炎,公众担心 COVID 疫苗对男性生殖的影响。在这项研究中,我们使用美国大型电子健康记录数据库对男性队列进行了研究,调查了 COVID-19 疫苗接种与睾丸炎和/或附睾炎结局风险之间的关联。在平衡混杂变量后,我们发现至少接种 1 剂 COVID-19 疫苗与降低睾丸炎和/或附睾炎的发病风险相关。