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Birute Zilaitiene
Researcher at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Publications - 45
Citations - 988
Birute Zilaitiene is an academic researcher from Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 27 publications receiving 848 citations.
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Association of In Utero Exposure to Maternal Smoking with Reduced Semen Quality and Testis Size in Adulthood: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1,770 Young Men from the General Population in Five European Countries
Tina Kold Jensen,Niels Jørgensen,Margus Punab,Trine B. Haugen,J. Suominen,Birute Zilaitiene,Antero Horte,Anne-Grethe Andersen,Elisabeth Carlsen,Øystein Magnus,Valentinas Matulevičius,Ingrid Nermoen,Matti Vierula,Niels Keiding,Jorma Toppari,Niels E. Skakkebæk +15 more
TL;DR: Maternal smoking may have long-term implications for the reproductive health of the offspring, and this is another good reason to advise pregnant women to avoid smoking.
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Varicocele Is Associated with Impaired Semen Quality and Reproductive Hormone Levels: A Study of 7035 Healthy Young Men from Six European Countries.
Jakob Damsgaard,Ulla Nordström Joensen,Elisabeth Carlsen,Juris Erenpreiss,Martin Blomberg Jensen,Martin Blomberg Jensen,Valentinas Matulevičius,Birute Zilaitiene,Inge A. Olesen,Antti Perheentupa,Margus Punab,Andrea Salzbrunn,Jorma Toppari,Helena E. Virtanen,Anders Juul,Niels E. Skakkebæk,Niels Jørgensen +16 more
TL;DR: The presence and increasing grade of varicocele is adversely associated with semen quality and reproductive hormone levels in young men from the general population.
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Alcohol and male reproductive health: a cross-sectional study of 8344 healthy men from Europe and the USA
Tina Kold Jensen,Tina Kold Jensen,Shanna H. Swan,Niels Jørgensen,Jorma Toppari,Bruce Redmon,Margus Punab,Erma Z. Drobnis,Trine B. Haugen,Birute Zilaitiene,Amy E.T. Sparks,D. Stewart Irvine,Christina Wang,Pierre Jouannet,Charlene Brazil,Uwe Paasch,Andrea Salzbrunn,Niels E. Skakkebæk,Anna-Maria Andersson +18 more
TL;DR: This study suggests that moderate alcohol intake is not adversely associated with semen quality in healthy men, whereas it was associated with higher serum testosterone levels which may be due to a changed metabolism of testosterone in the liver.
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Higher than expected prevalence of congenital cryptorchidism in Lithuania: a study of 1204 boys at birth and 1 year follow-up
Romualdas Tomas Preikša,Birute Zilaitiene,Valentinas Matulevičius,N E Skakkebaek,J H Petersen,Niels Jørgensen,Jorma Toppari +6 more
TL;DR: No correlation between cryptorchidism at birth and maternal age, birth order or mode of delivery was demonstrated in this study, but paternal body mass index <20 kg/m2 was found to be a significant risk factor.
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Regional differences in semen qualities in the Baltic region.
Margus Punab,Birute Zilaitiene,Niels Jørgensen,Antero Horte,Valentinas Matulevičius,Ants Peetsalu,Niels E. Skakkebæk +6 more
TL;DR: The sperm counts of the Estonian and Lithuanian men investigated here are higher than recently shown for Norwegian, Danish, Estonia and Finnish men, and comparisons should be cautiously drawn as the groups are not completely comparable.