Table 1.

Information of age distribution and other characteristics of men with and without testicular microlithiasis (TML)

Variables	Men with TML		Men without TML		Age adjusted
	N = 197	%	N = 1341	%	OR	L	H
Age
0–29	11	5.6	94	7.0	0.63	0.31	1.25
30–39	31	15.7	168	12.5	0.99	0.61	1.60
40–49	53	26.9	284	21.2	1.00
50–59	42	21.3	270	20.1	0.83	0.54	1.29
60–69	33	16.8	265	19.8	0.67	0.42	1.06
70+	27	13.7	260	19.4	0.56	0.34	0.91
Height ≥180 cm vs. <180 cm	108	54.8	672	40.1	1.12	0.82	1.53
BMI of 25–30 vs. <25	84	42.6	576	43.0	0.99	0.71	1.37
Smoking ever vs. no smoking	107	54.3	714	53.2	0.91	0.82	1.00
≥15 vs. <15 cigarette pack year	63	32.0	422	31.5	0.89	0.53	1.47
Mother smoking during pregnancy vs. no smoking	55	27.9	310	23.1	1.27	0.89	1.80
No alcohol consumption vs. alcohol consumption during the last 12 months	10	5.1	75	5.6	0.92	0.46	1.80
≥6 cups of coffee vs. <5 cups per day	51	25.9	346	25.8	1.02	0.72	1.45
≥3 cups of Tea vs. <2 cups per day	13	6.6	90	6.7	0.97	0.50	1.91
Idle work vs. lifting	79	40.1	491	36.6	1.15	0.76	1.75
>6 h vs. never sitting down during work hours	33	16.7	245	18.3	0.90	0.52	1.57
>6 h vs. never walking and standing during work hours	30	15.2	259	19.3	0.82	0.45	1.49
Sitting down ≥5 h vs. <5 h	34	17.2	196	14.6	1.27	0.84	1.91
30 min or less vs. never biking hours per day	33	16.7	195	14.5	1.18	0.76	1.83
Yes vs. no regular exercise	76	38.6	646	48.2	0.71	0.52	0.98
Yes vs. no testicular pain during the last 6 months	54	27.4	306	22.8	1.24	0.88	1.74
Yes vs. no testicular discomfort	68	34.5	372	27.7	1.29	0.93	1.79
Inflammation vs. never inflammation	38	19.3	227	16.9	1.20	0.82	1.77
Trauma vs. never trauma	17	8.6	72	5.4	1.58	0.90	2.75
Torsion vs. never torsion	10	5.1	41	3.1	1.58	0.78	3.24
Monthly vs. yearly use of painkillers	78	39.6	452	33.7	1.33	0.95	1.86
Use vs. no use of paracetamol	116	58.9	874	65.2	0.79	0.58	1.08