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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Andrologia. 2021 Nov 23;54(2):e14315. doi: 10.1111/and.14315

TABLE 1.

Demographics of men exposed and not exposed to stimulants

Variable Exposed (n = 106) Non-exposed (n = 8,755) p-value
Age (IQR) 34.00 (31.00 – 34.00) 35.0 (32.00 – 40.00) 0.002
Race/ethnicity (%) <0.001
 White 73 (68.9) 3,932 (44.9)
 Black, non-Hispanic 2 (1.9) 389 (4.4)
 Hispanic 3(2.8) 249 (2.8)
 Other 11 (10.4) 1,715 (19.6)
 Declined/unknown 17 (16.0) 2,470 (28.2)
Insurance status (%) <0.001
 Private only 102 (96.2) 6,824 (77.9)
 Public or state-based only 0 86 (1.0)
 Public/private combination 0 17 (0.2)
 Self-pay 0 299 (3.4)
 Other/unknown 4(3.8) 1,529 (17.5)
FSH (IQR)* 4.50 (3.31–6.51) 4.30 (3.00–6.50) 0.542
Testosterone (IQR) 356(261–463) 327(260–418) 0.378
Non-stimulant medication use (%) 80 (75.5) 2,072 (23.7) <0.001
Stimulant-type (%)
 Amphetamines 92 (86.7)
 Methylphenidate 18 (16.9)

Abbreviations: FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; IQR, interquartile range.

*

FSH levels are summarized for 44 men exposed to stimulants and 2,021 men not exposed to stimulants.

Testosterone levels collected prior to 11 am are summarized for 33 men exposed to stimulants and 1,372 men not exposed to stimulants.

The use of amphetamines and methylphenidate was not mutually exclusive and may occur at separate time points for a given patient.