Effects of Adult Male Circumcision on Premature Ejaculation: Results from a Prospective Study in China

Table 2

Outcomes of IELT and PRO measures for all subjects at baseline and each follow-up visit.

	Baseline ()	Follow-up
		3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months
		IELT, minutes
Circumcision group	1.58 ± 0.74^b,c,d,e	1.44 ± 0.52^a,f	1.86 ± 0.80^a,f	2.08 ± 0.90^a,f	2.11 ± 0.89^a,f
Control group	1.55 ± 0.78	1.57 ± 0.75	1.61 ± 0.76	1.59 ± 0.78	1.58 ± 0.74
PRO measures, scores
(A) Control over ejaculation
Circumcision group	2.13 ± 0.93^b,c,d,e	2.05 ± 0.83^a,f	2.28 ± 1.04^a,f	2.30 ± 1.02^a,f	2.52 ± 1.12^a,f
Control group	2.15 ± 0.85	2.16 ± 0.87	2.13 ± 0.82	2.20 ± 0.86	2.18 ± 0.83
(B) Satisfaction with sexual intercourse
Circumcision group	2.24 ± 0.89^c,d,e	2.25 ± 0.92	2.56 ± 0.94^a,f	2.54 ± 0.92^a,f	2.58 ± 0.98^a,f
Control group	2.20 ± 0.84	2.21 ± 0.79	2.20 ± 0.85	2.18 ± 0.87	2.19 ± 0.85
(C) Severity of PE
Circumcision group	1.92 ± 0.69^c,d,e	1.89 ± 0.65	1.54 ± 0.67^a,f	1.49 ± 0.64^a,f	1.50 ± 0.62^a,f
Control group	1.94 ± 0.72	1.92 ± 0.70	1.90 ± 0.71	1.92 ± 0.71	1.91 ± 0.69
(D) Personal of distress
Circumcision group	1.33 ± 0.80	1.32 ± 0.81	1.30 ± 0.79	1.28 ± 0.77	1.27 ± 0.75
Control group	1.39 ± 0.81	1.38 ± 0.83	1.39 ± 0.78	1.38 ± 0.80	1.39 ± 0.80
(F) Interpersonal difficulty
Circumcision group	1.28 ± 0.74	1.24 ± 0.68	1.19 ± 0.67	1.30 ± 0.68	1.24 ± 0.65
Control group	1.26 ± 0.72	1.23 ± 0.71	1.22 ± 0.70	1.24 ± 0.72	1.21 ± 0.71

Significant difference compared with baseline; ^bsignificant difference compared with 3 months; ^csignificant difference compared with 6 months; ^dsignificant difference compared with 9 months; ^esignificant difference compared with 12 months; ^fsignificant difference compared with control group.
Only included men with PE.
IELT: intravaginal ejaculatory latency time; PRO: Patient-Reported Outcome; PE: premature ejaculation.