Reply: The utilization of accurate body mass index classification is imperative for grouping based on BMI

Álvaro Hernáez^{1

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3}, Maria Christine Magnus^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
² Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Consorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain.
³ Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Comment

Álvaro Hernáez et al. Hum Reprod. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;37(3):623-624.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab277.

Álvaro Hernáez^{1

2

3}, Maria Christine Magnus^{1

4

5}

¹ Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
² Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Consorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain.
³ Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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Body mass index and subfertility: multivariable regression and Mendelian randomization analyses in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.
Hernáez Á, Rogne T, Skåra KH, Håberg SE, Page CM, Fraser A, Burgess S, Lawlor DA, Magnus MC. Hernáez Á, et al. Hum Reprod. 2021 Nov 18;36(12):3141-3151. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab224. Hum Reprod. 2021. PMID: 34668019 Free PMC article.
The utilization of accurate body mass index classification is imperative for grouping based on BMI.
Liang X, Fan J. Liang X, et al. Hum Reprod. 2022 Mar 1;37(3):622-623. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab276. Hum Reprod. 2022. PMID: 34970977 No abstract available.

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