Body mass index is associated with impaired semen characteristics and reduced levels of anti-Müllerian hormone across a wide weight range

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Andersen, Jorunn M ^a   Herning, Hilde ^a   Aschim, Elin L ^a   Hjelmesæth, Jøran ^b,c   Mala, Tom ^d   Hanevik, Hans Ivar ^e   Bungum, Mona ^f   Haugen, Trine B ^a   Witczak, Oliwia ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Telemark Hospital   (Norway)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBESITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPERMATOZOON;

ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84936163972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130210     Document Type: Article

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