TY - JOUR
T1 - Response
T2 - An exploration of the association between male body mass index and semen quality
AU - Shayeb, Ahmad Ghiyath
AU - Harrild, Kirsten
AU - Mathers, Eileen
AU - Bhattacharya, Siladitya
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - We are grateful Gokce et al. (2012) for their comments concerning our recently published study (Shayeb et al., 2011). We would like to clarify from the outset that the aim of our study was not to prove the presence of a cause and effect link between obesity (or being underweight) and poorer semen quality. The aim of our study was to find out, in a large population, if there is an association between male body mass index (BMI) and semen quality. We would like to reaffirm our principal findings of a significant association between high male body mass index and abnormally low semen volume and poor sperm morphology. The causes of this association remain speculative ...
AB - We are grateful Gokce et al. (2012) for their comments concerning our recently published study (Shayeb et al., 2011). We would like to clarify from the outset that the aim of our study was not to prove the presence of a cause and effect link between obesity (or being underweight) and poorer semen quality. The aim of our study was to find out, in a large population, if there is an association between male body mass index (BMI) and semen quality. We would like to reaffirm our principal findings of a significant association between high male body mass index and abnormally low semen volume and poor sperm morphology. The causes of this association remain speculative ...
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.01.019
DO - 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.01.019
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:84859432489
SN - 1472-6483
VL - 24
SP - 483
EP - 484
JO - Reproductive Biomedicine Online
JF - Reproductive Biomedicine Online
IS - 4
ER -