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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study was to evaluate interrelation of left varicocoele with height, body mass index (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BMI</jats:styled-content>) and sperm counts. We retrospectively evaluated the data of all patients who consulted for infertility at a tertiary academic referral centre from 2000 to 2010. Patient's height, weight, <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BMI</jats:styled-content>, semen analysis, presence or absence of varicocoele and varicocoele side and grade were evaluated. In statistical evaluations chi‐square, student's <jats:italic>t</jats:italic>, Mann–Whitney <jats:italic>U</jats:italic>,<jats:sc> anova</jats:sc> and logistic regression analyses were performed. In <jats:sc>anova</jats:sc> analyses, Bonferroni post hoc test was performed when needed. The data of 1842 among 2780 men, presenting for infertility, were included in the study. There were 587 men (31.9%) with left varicocoele and 1255 (68.1%) men without varicocoele. Two hundred and seventy‐two men (14.8%) had grade I or II, and 315 men (17.1%) had grade III varicocoeles. Mean height was 174.3 ± 6.7 and 172.5 ± 7.0 cm in men with and without varicocoele respectively (<jats:italic>p </jats:italic><<jats:italic> </jats:italic>0.001). The mean <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BMI</jats:styled-content> of cases without varicocoeles (25.8 kg/m<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>) was greater than varicocoele group (24.9 kg/m<jats:sup>2</jats:sup>) (<jats:italic>p </jats:italic><<jats:italic> </jats:italic>0.001). Percentage of varicocoele was the highest in moderately oligozoospermic males and significantly higher than the men with normal sperm count. As the height increased, the probability of having varicocoele increased, and the inverse is true for <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">BMI</jats:styled-content>. If varicocoeles are a progressive lesion, perhaps taller men with varicocoeles should be followed more closely to evaluate their fertility and androgenic status.</jats:p>