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Demographic and life style characteristics of men in the study groups |
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| Greenland n = 72 |
Warsaw n = 98 |
Sweden n = 100 |
Kharkiv n = 88 |
All n = 358 |
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| Age |
median |
30 (70) |
30 (97) |
47 (96) |
25 (85) |
31 (348) |
| years |
min-max |
18–46 |
24–46 |
24–68 |
16–45 |
16–68 |
| BMI |
median |
26 (72) |
25 (96) |
26 (99) |
24 (86) |
25 (353) |
| Kg/m2 |
min-max |
12–38 |
19–38 |
22–37 |
19–36 |
12–38 |
| Alcohol |
median |
2.0 (36) |
3.5 (86) |
n.a |
2.5 (66) |
3.0 (188) |
| drink/week |
min-max |
0–21 |
0–30 |
0.2–15 |
0–30 |
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| Smoking ever |
% |
89 (71) |
50 (97) |
60 (98) |
82 (87) |
68 (353) |
| Seafood |
median |
1.5 (68) |
1.0 (89) |
n.a |
4.0 (86) |
2.0 (243) |
| days/week |
min-max |
0–9.0 |
0–9.0 |
1.0–9.0 |
0–9.0 |
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| Coffee |
median |
3.0 (62) |
2.0 (83) |
n.a |
2.0 (37) |
2.0 (182) |
| cups/day |
min-max |
0–20 |
0–6.0 |
0.5–7.0 |
0–20 |
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| Total testosterone |
median |
15 (36) |
13 (76) |
12 (99) |
18 (88) |
14 (299) |
| nmol/l |
min-max |
3.2–25 |
6.5–23 |
4.2–28 |
8.4–32 |
3.2–32 |
| Estradiol |
median |
59 (35) |
71 (76) |
67 (99) |
78 (88) |
70 (298) |
| nmol/l |
min-max |
31–89 |
45–297 |
25–154 |
33–144 |
25–297 |
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The values in the bracket are the numbers of individuals with data for the specific demographic and life style characteristics. | ||||||
Bonefeld-Jorgensen et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2006 5:12 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-5-12 |
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