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Results -E 100
MEAN SEMINAL VOLUME x
tions. Linear regression analysis of mean sperm con- 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
centration weighted by number of subjects in each
publication showed a significant decrease in mean Year
sperm concentration between 1940 and 1990 from FIG 1-Linear regression of mean spern density reported in 61
publications (represented by circles whose area is proportional to the
113x 106/ml to 66 x 106/ml. The estimated regression logarithm of the number ofsubjects in study) each weighted according
coefficient was -0-934x106/ml per year (SE 0-157, to number ofsubjects, 1938-90