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Table 1 General characteristic of the study population stratified by sexual dysfunction

From: Association between metabolic syndrome and sexual dysfunction among men with clinically diagnosed diabetes

Variables

Total (n = 274)

NSD (n = 84)

SD (n = 190)

P value

Socio - demographic data

    

Age (years)

59.9 ± 11.3

56.2 ± 11.6

65.1 ± 7.5

<0.0001

Duration of diabetes (years)

6.8 ± 5.9

6.0 ± 5.6

8.5 ± 6.2

0.0012

Anthropometric data

    

SBP (mmHg)

151.5 ± 24.7

148.8 ± 25.7

157.6 ± 21.1

0.0063

DBP (mmHg)

96.2 ± 17.7

94.8 ± 16.9

99.4 ± 19.1

0.0504

Hip circumference (cm)

100.7 ± 9.5

100.0 ± 7.6

101.0 ± 10.3

0.4559

Waist circumference (cm)

94.5 ± 16.0

94.6 ± 16.3

94.4 ± 15.9

0.9025

WHR

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.1

0.5362

Biochemical parameters

   

FBG (mmol L-1)

9.4 ± 4.0

9.3 ± 3.4

9.4 ± 4.2

0.8254

Total cholesterol (mmolL-1)

5.2 ± 1.2

5.1 ± 1.1

5.3 ± 1.3

0.2021

Triglyceride (mmolL-1)

1.4 ± 0.7

1.4 ± 0.8

1.5 ± 0.7

0.3137

HDL-cholesterol (mmolL-1)

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.3

0.5161

LDL-cholesterol (mmolL-1)

3.3 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 1.0

3.5 ± 1.2

0.1279

Testosterone (ng mL-1)

6.3 ± 2.5

6.7 ± 2.8

6.0 ± 2.1

0.0250

Raw score for sexual dysfunction and its sub - scales

Sexual dysfunction

72.2 ± 10.6

58.8 ± 8.0

78.1 ± 4.4

<0.0001

Impotence

11.3 ± 2.1

9.2 ± 1.6

12.3 ± 1.6

<0.0001

Premature ejaculation

7.4 ± 2.9

4.8 ± 1.5

8.5 ± 2.6

<0.0001

Non-sensuality

11.6 ± 2.5

9.2 ± 2.2

12.7 ± 1.7

<0.0001

Avoidance

8.0 ± 3.2

7.8 ± 4.5

8.1 ± 2.5

0.5710

Dissatisfaction

11.3 ± 1.6

10.0 ± 1.7

11.8 ± 1.2

<0.0001

Non-communication

4.2 ± 1.5

3.0 ± 1.1

4.8 ± 1.3

<0.0001

Infrequency

5.3 ± 1.4

5.1 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.4

0.0796

  1. Data are presented as mean ± s.d; P-value defines the level of significance when subjects with no sexual dysfunction (NSD) were compared to those with sexual dysfunction (SD)(Unpaired t-test); SBP-systolic blood pressure; DBP-diastolic blood pressure; WHR-waist to hip ratio; FBG-fasting blood glucose; HDL-high density lipoprotein; LDL-low density lipoprotein.