Table 3.
Age-stratified odds ratios for BSFI caseness (problem) comparing COVID-19 survivors with normative controls in China from February 4, 2023 to March 15, 2023 using logistic regression models.
| Domain problem |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual drive | Erectile function | Ejaculatory function | DEE | Sexual satisfaction |
Overall sexual problem |
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| Total sample, n = 198 NORM/1,052 COVID-19 survivors | |||||||
| NORM | 21(10.61) | 47(23.74) | 43(21.72) | 2(1.01) | 12(6.06) | 12(6.06) | |
| COVID-19 survivors | 198(18.82) | 324(30.80) | 250(23.76) | 56(5.32) | 168(15.97) | 178(16.92) | |
| Odds ratio [95 % CI], reference = NORMa | 1.92[1.18,3.14] | 1.42[1.00,2.04] | 1.03[0.71,1.50] | 4.88[1.21,19.67] | 2.63[1.43,4.82] | 2.81[1.54,5.15] | |
| 18–29 years, n = 99 NORM/417 COVID-19 survivors | |||||||
| NORM | 9(9.09) | 20(20.2) | 16(16.16) | 0(0) | 7(7.07) | 7(7.07) | |
| COVID-19 survivors | 46(11.03) | 96(23.02) | 53(12.71) | 6(1.44) | 36(8.63) | 36(8.63) | |
| Odds ratio [95 % CI], reference = NORM | 1.24[0.59,2.62] | 1.18[0.69,2.03] | 0.76[0.41,1.39] | 3.14[0.18,56.26] | 1.24[0.54,2.88] | 1.24[0.54,2.88] | |
| 30–39 years, n = 41 NORM/271 COVID-19 survivors | |||||||
| NORM | 1(2.44) | 6(14.63) | 9(21.95) | 2(4.88) | 3(7.32) | 3(7.32) | |
| COVID-19 survivors | 52(19.19) | 74(27.31) | 55(20.3) | 12(4.43) | 40(14.76) | 44(16.24) | |
| Odds ratio [95 % CI], reference = cNORM | 9.50[1.28,70.69] | 2.19[0.88,5.43] | 0.9[0.41,2.01] | 0.9[0.19,4.18] | 2.19[0.65,7.46] | 2.46[0.73,8.33] | |
| 40–49 years, n = 24 NORM/240 COVID-19 survivors | |||||||
| NORM | 3(12.50) | 4(16.67) | 7(29.17) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | |
| COVID-19 survivors | 61(25.42) | 98(40.83) | 92(38.33) | 22(9.17) | 65(27.08) | 68(28.33) | |
| Odds ratio [95 % CI], reference = NORM | 2.39[0.69,8.26] | 3.45[1.14,10.41] | 1.51[0.6,3.77] | 5.05[0.30,85.79] | 18.29[1.10,305.07] | 19.458[1.17,324.46] | |
| >50 years, n = 34 NORM/124 COVID-19 survivors | |||||||
| NORM | 8(23.53) | 17(50) | 11(32.35) | 0(0) | 2(5.88) | 2(5.88) | |
| COVID-19 survivors | 39(31.45) | 56(45.16) | 50(40.32) | 16(12.9) | 27(21.77) | 30(24.19) | |
| Odds ratio [95 % CI], reference = NORM | 1.49[0.62,3.58] | 0.82[0.39,1.76] | 1.41[0.63,3.15] | 10.49[0.61,179.50] | 4.45[1.00,19.78] | 5.10[1.16,22.58] | |
Bold type indicating statistical significance (p value < 0.05). Data are presented as numbers (%) unless otherwise specified.
NORM normative data, BSFI Brief Sexual Function Inventory, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, DEE drive, erection, and ejaculation.
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Age-adjusted.