Dioxin-like activities in serum across European and Inuit populations

Table 1 Characteristics of the men in the study groups

		Greenland n= 75	Warsaw n= 99	Sweden n= 78	Kharkiv n= 86	All n= 338
Age (years)	median	30	30	46	26	32
	min-max	23–47	18–46	24–67	16–45	16–67
BMI (Kg/m²)	median	26	26	26	24	25
	min-max	19–38	12–58	22–37	19–36	12–58
Alcohol (drink/week)	median	2.0	3.5	n.a	2.5	3.00
	min-max	0–35	0–30		0.2–15	0–35
Smoking (ever)	%	87	49	40	82	68
Seafood (days/week)	median	2.0	1.0	n.a	4.0	2.0
	min-max	0–9.0	0–9.0		1.0–9.0	0–9.0
Coffee (cups/day)	median	3.0	2.0	n.a	2.0	2.0
	min-max	0–20	0–6.0		1.0–7.0	0–20
Total testosterone (nmol/l)	median	14	13	12	18	14
	min-max	3.2–75	6.5–23	4.2–28	8.4–32	3.2–32
Estradiol (nmol/l)	median	59	72	67	81	71
	min-max	31–88	45–296	25–155	33–144	25–296

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