Table 3.

The Association Between the Presence of Sexual Problems Based on Educational Background, Comorbidities, Age, Duration of Marriage, and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Mellitus Based on Gender

	Female		Sexual Problem	Male
	YES (n=144)	NO (n=143)	P (Female/Male)	YES (n=176)	NO (n=132)
Educational Background			0.70/0.10
Uneducated n (%)	29 (20.1)	30 (21.0)		12 (6,8)	5 (3.8)
Primary school n (%)	84 (58.3)	74 (51.7)		63 (35.8)	37 (28.0)
Secondary school n (%)	13 (9)	18 (12.6)		41 (23.3)	28 (21.2)
High school n (%)	14 (9,7)	17 (11.9)		37 (21)	31 (23.5)
Postgraduate n (%)	4 (2.8)	4 (2.8)		23 (13.1)	31 (23.5)
Comorbidities			0.12/<0.001
No comorbidities n (%)	47 (32.6)	72 (50.3)		60 (34.1)	84 (63.6)
CAD n (%)	48 (33.3)	43 (30.1)		65 (36.9)	29 (22.0)
Malignancy n (%)	1 (0,7)	2 (1.4)		3 (1.7)	0 (0)
Other diseases n (%)	47 (32.6)	26 (18.2)		48 (27.3)	19 (14.4)
Age			0.112/0.045
18–30 age n (%)	1 (0,7)	6 (4.2)		2 (1.1)	6 (4.5)
31–50 age n (%)	48 (33.3)	49 (34.3)		39 (22.2)	39 (29.5)
>50 age n (%)	95 (66.0)	88 (61.5)		135 (76.7)	87 (65.9)
DURATION OF MARRIAGE			0.84/0.004
1–10 years n (%)	2 (1.4)	8 (5.6)		7 (4)	10 (7.6)
11–20 years n (%)	20 (13.9)	24 (16.8)		17 (9,7)	27 (20.5)
21–30 years n (%)	52 (36.1)	58 (40.6)		69 (39.2)	55 (41.7)
>30 years n(%)	70 (48.6)	53 (37.1)		83 (47.2)	40 (30.3)
DM COMPLICATIONS
Nephropathy n (%)	1(0.7)	0 (0)	<0.001/<0.001	1 (0,6)	0 (0)
Neuropathy n (%)	16 (11.1)	9 (6.3)		4 (2,3)	1 (0,8)
Retinopathy n (%)	14 (9.7)	25 (17,5)		35 (19,9)	22 (16,7)
Nephropathy+retinopathy n (%)	2 (1,4)	6 (4,2)		11 (6,3)	5 (3,8)
Neuropathy+retinopathy n (%)	31 (21,5)	10 (7)		26 (14.8)	7 (5,3)
Neuropathy+retinopathy+nephropathy n (%)	31 (21.5)	5 (3,5)		45 (25.6)	10 (7,6)
No complication	49 (34)	88 (61,5)		54 (30,7)	87 (65,9)

Abbreviations: CAD, coronary artery disease; DM, diabetes mellitus.