Skip to main content
. 2021 May 19;9(5):1512–1525. doi: 10.1111/andr.13024

TABLE 3.

Physical appearance and self‐reported information for men of three different ethnic groups

Slavs (n = 642) Buryats (n = 223) Yakuts (n = 148) p (between groups)
Mean (SD) Median (5–95) Mean (SD) Median (5–95) Mean (SD) Median (5–95)
Age (years) 24.4 (5.9)ab 23 (18–37) 23.7 (6.5)a 21 (18–37) 25.5 (7.4)b 23 (18–40) <0.05
Weight (kg) 77.2 (13.9)a 75.0 (59.8–103.2) 70.9 (13.2)b 68 (55.5–94.0) 70.6 (13.8)b 68 (54–96) <0.001
Height (cm) 179.1 (16.8)a 179 (168–190) 174.8 (6.3)b 175 (165–184) 172.2 (7.2)c 172 (162–182) <0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 84.0 (10.5)ab 82 (70–103) 82.0 (12.1)a 80 (67–101) 84.7 (12.6)b 82 (68–110) <0.05
Hip circumference (cm) 98.5 (8.2)a 98 (87–113) 94.2 (7.3)b 94 (84–106) 97.3 (7.9)a 96 (86–112) <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 24.0 (3.8)a 23.4 (19.0–30.8) 23.2 (4.3)b 22.5 (18.0–30.8) 23.8 (4.4)ab 23.2 (17.6–32.0) <0.05
BTV (ml) 39.4 (8.2)a 40 (26–52) 35.5 (7.0)b 40 (24–50) 36.1 (8.5)b 36 (26–50) <0.001
Age of sexual debut (years) 17.2 (2.2)ab 17 (14–21) 16.9 (2.0)a 17 (14–20) 17.4 (2.1)b 17 (14–21) =0.161
Sexual abstinence (days) 4.7 (5.1)a 4 (2–8) 4.3 (5.8)ab 3 (2–14) 3.4 (3.0)b 3 (1–7) <0.05
Frequency (%) Frequency (%) Frequency (%)
Cigarette smokers 31.0a 44.8b 37.8ab <0.001
Drinkers 74.8a 74.9a 60.1b <0.01
Men having children 10.1a 16.0b 27.0c <0.001
Current urogenital disorders 24.5a 23.8a 28.6a =0.530

Results based on raw data. Analysis of variance was applied to compare anthropometric and demographic parameters, and Chi‐square analysis was performed to compare the frequency parameters. a, b, c comparisons with different superscripts within variables were significant (p < 0.05).

Abbreviations: (5–95), 5–95th percentile; BMI, body mass index; BTV, bitesticular volume (paired testicular volume); SD, standard deviation.