Research Article

Geographical Differences in Male Infertility between the United States and Canada: Insights from the Andrology Research Consortium

Table 3

Lifestyle factors and medication use potentially effective male fertility stratified by Canada and the US.

CovariateFull sample ()Canada ()USA () value

Smoking1029 (16%)958 (17%)71 (10%)<0.001
Alcohol5084 (79%)4551 (79%)533 (83%)0.018
 Missing521141
Marijuana1075 (17%)1016 (18%)59 (9%)<0.001
Cocaine98 (2%)94 (2%)4 (1%)0.058
 Missing973760
Propecia30 (0%)9 (0%)21 (3%)<0.001
Steroids61 (1%)28 (0%)33 (5%)<0.001
Testosterone61 (1%)33 (1%)28 (4%)<0.001

Bold values represent statistically significant -values.