Research Article
The Relation of Diabetes Type 2 with Sexual Function among Reproductive Age Women in Iran, a Case-Control Study
Table 1
The sociodemographic characteristics of participants in two groups of diabetic and healthy women.
| Variables | Diabetic
| Normal
| value | Mean ± SD or (%) |
| Age (y) | 43.3 ± 10.7 | 37.9 ± 7.7 | <0.001 | Spouse’s age (y) | 48.6 ± 12.3 | 45.5 ± 10.2 | 0.083 | Number of children | 1.91 ± 2.5 | 2.24 ± 2.4 | 0.32 | Job | | | | Employee | 14 (13.2) | 38 (29.7) | 0.003 | Housewife | 92 (86.8) | 90 (70.3) | Education | | | | Primary | 25 (23.6) | 11 (8.6) | 0.001 | High school | 28 (26.5) | 22 (17.2) | Diploma | 38 (35.8) | 54 (42.2) | University | 15 (14.2) | 41 (32) | Women who were the only wife of their husband | 99 (93.4) | 120 (93.6) | 0.91 | Women whose husbands had another wife | 7 (6.6) | 8 (6.3) | Place of living | | | | Rural | 9 (8.5) | 6 (4.7) | 0.23 | City | 97 (91.5) | 122 (95.3) | Economic situation | | | | Good | 40 (37.7) | 61 (48) | 0.18 | Moderate | 49 (46.2) | 56 (44.1) | Weak | 17 (16) | 10 (7.9) |
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For the continuous variables the independent -test was used, while, for the categorical data, the chi-square test was used.
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