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Table 1 Demographic and life style characteristics of men in the study groups

From: Xenoestrogenic activity in blood of European and Inuit populations

  

Greenland n = 72

Warsaw n = 98

Sweden n = 100

Kharkiv n = 88

All n = 358

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

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

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

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

  1. The values in the bracket are the numbers of individuals with data for the specific demographic and life style characteristics.