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Table 1 Basic characteristics of study participantsa

From: Circulating sex hormone levels in relation to male sperm quality

Variable

N = 338

Age at blood draw (year)

28.8 ± 5.1

BMI (kg/m2)

24.0 ± 3.1

Married, %

81.1

Current smoking, %

47.9

Current alcohol drinking, %

63.3

Serum sex hormone

 Luteinizing hormone (IU/L)

4.6(2.8)

 Follicle-stimulating hormone (IU/L)

4.5(2.3)

 Total testosterone (nmol/L)

14.0(6.1)

 Free testosterone (nmol/L)

0.3(0.1)

 Total estradiol (pmol/L)

98.5(57.0)

 Free estradiol (pmol/L)

1.7(1.1)

 Sex hormone-binding hormone (nmol/L)

27.9(17.8)

  1. aMean ± SD is presented for continuous variables, percentage for categorical variables, and median value (interquartile range) for sex hormones