Table 1 Characteristics of 400 infertile men (number (%) unless stated otherwise)
Variables | Total meat intake | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile 1 | Quartile 2 | Quartile 3 | Quartile 4 | P-valuea | ||
Range (Serving/day) | 0–0.96 | 0.97–1.32 | 1.32–2.15 | 2.16–4.57 | ||
Number of participants | 109 | 91 | 101 | 99 | ||
Participants demographic information | ||||||
Age (year) | 32.44(31.84–33.00) | 35.31(34.57–36.05) | 35.33(33.93–36.03) | 31.80(31.34–32.26) | < 0.001 | |
BMI kg/m2 | 23.74(23.36–24.12) | 28.24(27.82–28.66) | 27.47(26.76–28.18) | 25.44(24.99–25.89) | < 0.001 | |
Waist to Hip Ratio | 0.94(0.91–0.97) | 1.13(1.09–1.17) | 1.08(1.03–1.13) | 0.96(0.93–0.99) | < 0.001 | |
Socioeconomic | 4.81(4.62–5) | 4.99(4.84–5.14) | 4.40(4.22–4.58) | 3.85(3.61–3.91) | < 0.001 | |
Education (years) | 9.10(8.57–9.63) | 10.22(9.88–10.56) | 12.21(11.79–12.63) | 3.85(3.61–4.09) | < 0.001 | |
Number of participants used pesticide | 79(66%) | 67(73%) | 51(50%) | 59(59%) | < 0.001 | |
Smoking | Never | 49 (44%) | 55 (60%) | 62 (61%) | 52 (52%) | 0.006 |
Past smoker | 1 (0.09%) | 3 (3%) | 5 (4%) | 9 (9%) | ||
Current smoker | 59 (54%) | 33 (36%) | 34 (33%) | 38 (38%) | ||
Physical activity | Low | 46(42%) | 25(27%) | 45(44%) | 20(20%) | < 0.001 |
Moderate | 35(32%) | 13(14%) | 88(87%) | 21(21%) | ||
Extreme | 54(49%) | 0(0%) | 21(20%) | 32(32%) | ||
Diet | Total energy (kcal/day) | 1555(1300–1810) | 1960 (1630–2290) | 2330 (2020–2650) | 2826 (2566–3086) | < 0.001 |
Protein (% of energy) | 16.5 (13.1–19.9) | 16.3 (12.7–19.9) | 16.6(13.1–20.1) | 16.1 (13.1–19.1) | < 0.001 | |
Fat (% of energy) | 24 (20.3–26.7) | 31 (24.1–37.9) | 33 (30.5–35.5) | 38 (35.8–40.2) | < 0.001 | |