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Table 3 Comparative description of patients with FSD vs. without FSD

From: Risk factors for sexual dysfunction in Romanian women with type 1 diabetes mellitus and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: a comparative cross-sectional study

Parametersa

With FSD (n = 85)

Without FSD (n = 120)

p-valueb

Age (years)

33.00 (31.00–35.00)

28.00 (22.00–30.00)

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

23.77 (21.92–27.34)

22.49 (19.85–24.15)

0.020

TC (mg %)

167.00 (140.00–200.00)

161.50 (127.09–192.50)

0.362

HDLc (mg %)

55.50 (50.10–62.00)

54.75 (48.90–60.00)

0.550

LDLc (mg %)

94.80 (58.00–120.80)

84.30 (57.45–110.00)

0.275

TG (mg %)

97.00 (72.00–148.00)

100.00 (71.50–143.50)

0.824

DM duration (years)

26.00 (25.00–31.00)

20.00 (9.00–25.50)

0.005

Thyroid disease duration (years)

15.00 (14.00–18.00)

14.00 (11.00–16.00)

0.431

TSH (μ/ml)

7.00 (6.00–13.38)

1.88 (1.11–3.08)

 < 0.001

FT4 (pmol/l)

7.90 (1.20–12.80)

12.50 (10.95–14.55)

 < 0.001

ANTITPO AB (UI/ml)

360.00 (13.15–618.00)

319.00 (13.15–618.00)

0.552

ANTITG AB (UI/ml)

90.00 (32.00–816.00)

237.00 (39.45–923.45)

0.313

Fasting glycemia (mg %)

162.00 (127.00–244.00)

160.00 (120.00–200.00)

0.409

Postprandial glycemia (mg %)

147.42 (119.00–198.90)

141.11 (102.00–172.00)

0.408

HbA1c (%)

9.20 (7.95–13.55)

8.75 (7.40–11.15)

0.149

Diabetes microvascular complications

 Retinopathy

15 (17.6%)

9 (7.5%)

0.026

 Nephropathy

1 (1.17%)

1 (0.83%)

0.978

Diabetic polyneuropathy

18 (21.2%)

12 (10%)

0.026

Diabetes macrovascular complications

11 (12.94%)

5 (4.16%)

0.086

 Hypertension

18 (21.17%)

10 (8.33%)

0.030

 Chronic cardiac ischemic disease

10 (11.76%)

4 (3.33%)

0.089

Hypertension treatment (beta-blockers)

11 (12.94%)

5 (9.4%)

0.086

Use of insulin pump

21 (24.7%)

5 (4.2%)

 < 0.001

Goiter

21 (24.7%)

10 (8.33%)

0.018

Depression

57 (67.05%)

5 (4.2%)

 < 0.001

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, FSD female sexual dysfunction, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, HDLc high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLc low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, FT4 thyroxine
  2. aContinuous variables (with non-Gaussian distribution) are indicated as median (interquartile range) and categorical variables, as percentage (absolute frequency) in the sample
  3. bp-value was computed by Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables (with non-Gaussian distribution) and Pearson’s chi-squared (or Fisher's exact) test for nominal variables