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In men, studies mostly report associations between shorter TL and sperm quality. To our knowledge, no studies have thus far investigated associations between TL and fecundability or the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is based on the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort (MoBa) Study and uses data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN). We included women (24,645 with genotype data and 1054 with TL measurements) and men (18,339 with genotype data and 965 with TL measurements) participating between 1998 and 2008. We investigated associations between leukocyte TL (LTL) and fecundability (defined as the probability to conceive within a given menstrual cycle), infertility (defined has having spent 12 months or more trying to conceive without success), and ART use. We also repeated the analyses using instrumental variables for LTL consisting of genetic risk scores for LTL and genetically predicted LTL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Approximately 11% of couples had experienced infertility and 4% had used ART. LTL was not associated with fecundability in women (fecundability ratio [FR], 0.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.92\u20131.04) or men (FR, 0.99; CI, 0.93\u20131.06), nor with infertility in women (odds ratio [OR], 1.03; CI, 0.85\u20131.24) or men (OR, 1.05; CI, 0.87\u20131.28). We observed an increased likelihood of using ART with increasing LTL in men (OR, 1.22; CI, 1.03\u20131.46), but not in women (OR, 1.10; CI, 0.92\u20131.31). No significant associations were observed using the instrumental variables for LTL.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found no indication that LTL is a suitable biomarker for assessing fecundability, infertility, or ART use. 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