Reply to Stohner: On the significance of BMI-age dependence of exhaled aerosol.

Stohner (1) mistakenly identifies the correlation drawn in our recent article (2) between exhaled aerosol and body mass index (BMI)-age as based on a figure legend to which the article does not itself allude. In our article (2), we establish that those individuals with high BMI-years (above 650) exhaled significantly more aerosol than those with low BMI-years (below 650). Those with BMI-years less than 650 exhaled a mean of 29.81 ± 9.83, and those with BMI-years above 650 exhaled a mean … [↵][1]1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: dedwards{at}seas.harvard.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1