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. 2018 Aug 17;10(8):1116. doi: 10.3390/nu10081116

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of 339 couples, according to caffeine intake.

Women Men
First Tertile Second Tertile Third Tertile First Tertile Second Tertile Third Tertile
0–86 mg/day 87–180 mg/day 181–480 mg/day 0–124 mg/day 125–209 mg/day 210–560 mg/day
n = 114 33.6% n = 116 34.2% n = 109 32.1% n = 112 33.1% n = 113 33.3% n = 114 33.6%
Daily Caffeine Intake (mg/day), Median (IQR) 37 14–60 128 111–147 215 188–255 62 17–100 180 154–189 258 231–310
Age (years)
<35 31 27.2 33 28.4 36 33.0 19 17.0 25 22.1 25 21.9
35–39 60 52.6 51 44.0 52 47.7 39 34.8 43 38.0 42 36.8
≥40 23 20.2 32 27.6 21 19.3 54 48.2 45 39.8 47 41.2
College Degree 62 54.4 67 57.8 53 48.6 42 37.5 42 37.2 51 44.7
Cause of Infertility
Unexplained 23 20.2 31 26.7 16 14.7 25 22.3 23 20.4 22 19.3
Female factor only 48 42.1 42 36.2 41 37.6 42 37.5 45 39.8 44 38.6
Male and female factor 43 37.7 43 37.1 52 47.7 45 40.2 45 39.8 48 42.1
BMI
<18.5 12 10.5 4 3.5 12 11.0 - - - - - -
18.5–24.9 82 71.9 86 76.1 78 71.6 46 45.1 55 48.7 45 39.5
25.0–29.9 17 14.9 13 11.5 14 12.8 48 47.1 48 42.5 58 50.9
≥30.0 3 2.6 10 8.8 5 4.6 8 7.8 10 8.8 11 9.6
Smoking Habits
Never 74 64.9 72 62.1 49 45.0 55 53.4 46 40.7 28 24.8
Current 15 13.2 15 12.9 34 31.2 24 23.3 33 29.2 50 44.2
Former 25 21.9 29 25.0 26 23.8 24 23.3 34 30.1 35 31.0
Alcohol Intake
Abstainer 40 35.1 33 28.4 23 21.1 14 13.6 9 8.0 8 7.0
<1 unit/day 72 63.2 75 64.7 73 67.0 57 55.3 66 58.4 53 46.5
≥1 unit/day 2 1.7 8 6.9 13 11.9 32 31.1 38 33.6 53 46.5
Leisure Physical Activity
<2 h/week 57 50.0 66 57.4 69 63.3 36 35.3 48 42.9 49 43.8
2–4 44 38.6 43 37.4 32 29.4 37 36.3 44 39.3 38 33.9
>4 13 11.4 6 5.2 8 7.3 29 28.4 20 17.9 25 22.3
Previous ART Cycle 81 71.0 60 51.7 54 49.5 67 59.8 63 58.4 62 54.4
Daily Calories Intake
(Kcal/day), Median (IQR)
1589 1367–1924 1748 1497–2124 1871 1602–2179 1781 1480-2060 1960 1649–2262 2122 1753–2407

Sometimes the sums do not add up to the totals because of missing values. Bold: p < 0.05, IQR: median and interquartile range; BMI: body mass index.