Parental Educational Attainment at Birth and Biomarkers of Male Fecundity: A Study From the Danish National Birth Cohort
Our findings suggest some association between parental educational attainment and biomarkers of male fecundity in young men. These findings were partly mediated by maternal smoking in pregnancy, but not by overweight or obesity in young adult sons.
Authors
- Cecilia Høst Ramlau‐Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-0121)
- Anne H. Thomsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8600-662X)
- Siri E. Håberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2199-5225)
- S Søgaar. Tøttenborg
- Onyebuchi A. Arah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-1697)
- Mikko Myrskylä
- Anne Gaml‐Sørensen
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- UCLA Health (US)
- Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Fielding Graduate University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Andrology
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/andr.70175
- Primary Topic
- Sperm and Testicular Function
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- March of Dimes Foundation
- Sundhed og Sygdom, Det Frie Forskningsråd
- Innovationsfonden
- International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
- European Commission
- National Research Foundation
- Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
- Lundbeckfonden
- Novo Nordisk
- Nordea-fonden
- Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
- Region Hovedstaden
- Egmont Fonden
- International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Medical Research Council
- ReproUnion
- Interreg