Clinical Study

Prevalence of Prostatitis-Like Symptoms and Outcomes of NIH-CPSI in Outpatients with Lifelong and Acquired PE: Based on a Large Cross-Sectional Study in China

Table 1

Demographic characteristics in men with and without PE.

FactorsALL ()PE group ()No PE group () valueLPE ()APE () value

Age, years<0.001<0.001
BMI, scores<0.001<0.001
IELT, minutes<0.001<0.001
Smoking487 (59.39%)336 (64.47%)151 (46.89%)<0.00176 (53.52%)260 (73.03%)<0.001
Exercise347 (42.32%)184 (36.95%)163 (50.62%)<0.00166 (46.48%)118 (33.15%)<0.001
Educational status0.6120.994
 Others117 (14.27%)67 (13.45%)50 (15.53%)20 (14.08%)47 (13.20%)
Primary education171 (20.85%)100 (20.08%)71 (22.05%)28 (19.72%)72 (20.22%)
High school330 (40.24%)202 (40.56%)128 (39.75%)57 (40.14%)145 (40.73%)
Higher education202 (24.63%)129 (25.90%)73 (22.67%)37 (26.06%)92 (25.84%)
Occupational status0.4630.880
Student192 (23.41%)110 (22.09%)82 (25.47%)32 (22.54%)78 (21.91%)
Unemployed198 (24.15%)121 (24.30%)77 (23.91%)31 (21.83%)90 (25.28%)
Employed333 (40.61%)202 (40.56%)131 (40.68%)60 (42.25%)142 (39.89%)
Retired97 (11.83%)65 (13.05%)32 (9.94%)19 (13.38%)46 (12.92%)

PE = premature ejaculation; BMI = body mass index; IELT = intravaginal ejaculatory latency time; LPE = lifelong PE; APE = acquired PE. Differences between PE complaint and no PE complaint were assessed by Chi-square test or -test, as appropriate. Differences between LPE and APE were assessed by Chi-square test or t-test, as appropriate.