Different Evaluations Exist between Men with Erectile Dysfunction and Their Female Partners When Using Erectile Hardness Model: An Interesting, Observational, and Cross-Sectional Field Survey
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of couples with ED complaint in difference and no difference groups.
Difference group (n = 238)
No difference group (n = 147)
Man
Female partner
Man
Female partner
Age (years)
38.29 ± 10.73
36.37 ± 9.25
37.80 ± 9.47
34.55 ± 11.74
BMI (kg/m2)
24.58 ± 2.25
22.09 ± 4.33
23.67 ± 3.06
22.21 ± 3.79
Lifestyle (n%)
Smoking
154
64.71%
10
4.20%
90
61.22%
11
7.48%
Exercise
85
35.71%
47
19.75%
45
30.61%
48
32.65%
Characters (n%)
Introversion
165
69.33%
146
61.34%
74
50.34%
70
47.62%
Extroversion
73
30.67%
92
38.66%
73
49.66%
77
52.38%
Educational status (n%)
High school or less
143
60.08%
180
75.63%
58.50%
90
61.22%
58.50%
University graduate
95
39.92%
58
24.37%
41.50%
57
38.78%
41.50%
Occupational status (n%)
Student
66
27.73%
116
48.74%
27.89%
33
22.45%
27.89%
Unemployed
139
58.40%
103
43.28%
61.90%
96
65.31%
61.90%
Employed
33
13.87%
19
7.98%
10.20%
18
12.24%
10.20%
Resident (n%)
Urban
94
39.50%
145
60.92%
52
35.37%
44
29.93%
Rural
144
60.50%
93
39.08%
95
64.63%
103
70.07%
ED = erectile dysfunction; difference group = group including couples with different evaluation results of the erectile hardness model; no difference group = group including couples with no different evaluation results of the erectile hardness model; BMI = body mass index.
