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Table 2 Characteristics of women providing time to pregnancy interviews (n = 2269) and men providing semen samples (n = 798).

From: Fertility in four regions spanning large contrasts in serum levels of widespread persistent organochlorines: a cross-sectional study

 

Warsaw

Kharkiv

Greenland

Sweden

 

Women

N = 472

Men

N = 198

Women

N = 640

Men

N = 208

Women

N = 598

Men

N = 201

Women

N = 559

Men

N = 191

Age, mean (SD)

29 (4)

30 (4)

25 (5)

26 (5)

27 (6)

31 (7)

29 (5)

47 (10)

Employed, %

89

97

61

75

51

83

70

95

Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD)

21 (3)

26 (3)

22 (3)

24 (3)

25 (4)

26 (5)

25 (4)

27 (3)

Current smoking, %

19

27

22

66

73

72

31

23

Alcoholic beverage consumption, drinks/ week, mean (SD)

2 (3)

6 (6)

1 (8)

3 (2)

2 (6)

9 (14)

1 (3)

n.a

Coffee, cups/week, mean (SD)

1 (1)

2 (2)

2 (1)

2 (2)

2 (3)

5 (5)

3 (3)

n.a

Urogenital infectionsa, %

14

5

13

5

85

83

27

21

Urogenital disordersb, %

21

3

12

3

7

1

44

2

Primi parity, %

91

-

79

-

31

-

4

-

Intercourse daily, %

18

-

19

-

42

-

4

-

  1. a) Chlamydia infection, gonorrhoea, other sexually transmitted diseases or for women: Pelvic infections after delivery; for men: epididymitis or mumps in adulthood.
  2. b) For women: Ovarian cysts, fibroids, myomas, endometriosis, cancer therapy and surgery on uterus, salpinges or ovaries. For men: Treatment for retracted testis, varicocele, testicular torsion, and testicular cancer.