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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of infertile men

From: Semen quality pattern and age threshold: a retrospective cross-sectional study of 71,623 infertile men in China, between 2011 and 2017

Variables

2011(n = 6236)

2012(n = 8529)

2013(n = 10,205)

2014(n = 11,809)

2015(n = 12,331)

2016(n = 11,075)

2017(n = 11,438)

P value

Age (y)

33(29–37)

33(29–37)

33(29–38)

33(29–38)

33(29–38)

33(29–39)

33(29–39)

0.351

Height(m)

1.69(1.65–1.74)

1.70(1.66–1.76)

1.71(1.66–1.76)

1.69(1.65–1.75)

1.72(1.67–1.76)

1.70(1.65–1.74)

1.71(1.66–1.75)

0.218

Weight(kg)

66.3(59.5–74.0)

70.5(62.5–75.0)

66.2(59.8–74.5)

66.5(60.5–74.8)

69.5(61.5–74.2)

70.1(61.8–75.0)

68.3(61.3–74.3)

0.237

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1(21.5–25.0)

24.3(21.9–26.4)

22.5(20.7–24.8)

23.2(21.6–25.2)

23.4(21.8–25.2)

24.2(22.3–25.4)

23.3(21.4–25.0)

0.176

Abstinence(d)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

0.777

Smokers(%)

66.5%

65.2%

58.9%

61.4%

65.6%

62.5%

66.1%

<  0.001

Drinkers(%)

17.3%

18.7%

18.5%

19.6%

20.7%

18.5%

19.3%

<  0.001

  1. BMI Body mass index