Table 2.
Prevalence of rapid ejaculation in a representative sample of men aged ≥35 years in Croatia*
| Characteristic | No. (%) of men |
OR (95% CI) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| with rapid ejaculation (n = 57) | total (n = 601) | unadjusted | adjusted† | |
| Age group (y): | ||||
| ≤39 | 19 (15.7) | 121 | 1 | 1 |
| 40-49 | 21 (10.9) | 193 | 0.7 (0.3-1.3) | 1.4 (0.5-3.5) |
| 50-59 | 5 (3.6) | 139 | 0.2 (0.1-0.6) | 0.5 (0.1-1.9) |
| 60-69 | 7 (6.9) | 102 | 0.4 (0.2-1.0) | 1.5 (0.4-5.7) |
| 70-79 | 5 (12.5) | 40 | 0.8 (0.3-2.2) | 2.7 (0.5-14.1) |
| Education: | ||||
| elementary | 31 (20.7) | 150 | 1 | 1 |
| secondary | 11 (3.5) | 318 | 0.1 (0.1-0.3) | 0.1 (0.0-0.3) |
| higher | 15 (11.3) | 133 | 0.5 (0.3-1.0) | 0.3 (0.1-0.9) |
| BMI: | ||||
| ≤25 | 1 (0.7) | 148 | 1 | 1 |
| <25-≤30 | 32 (12.5) | 255 | 21.1 (2.9-156.1) | 22.0 (2.5-190.0) |
| >30 | 24 (12.2) | 197 | 2.4 (2.7-152.6) | 20.1 (2.2-184.7) |
| Income (HRK): | ||||
| <1000 | 8 (9.0) | 89 | 1 | |
| 1000-3000 | 13 (9.0) | 145 | 1.0 (0.4-2.5) | |
| 3001-4500 | 8 (6.1) | 131 | 0.7 (0.2-1.8) | |
| >4500 | 28 (12.2) | 230 | 1.4 (0.6-3.2) | |
| Alcohol: | ||||
| once a month or less | 34 (19.2) | 177 | 1 | 1 |
| once a week or less | 9 (7.8) | 115 | 0.4 (0.2-0.8) | 0.3 (0.1-0.8) |
| several times per week | 7 (5.6) | 124 | 0.3 (0.1-0.6) | 0.5 (0.2-1.4) |
| every day | 7 (3.8) | 185 | 0.2 (0.1-0.4) | 0.2 (0.1-0.6) |
| Smoking: | ||||
| no | 40 (12.0) | 333 | 1 | 1 |
| yes | 17 (6.6) | 257 | 0.5 (0.3-0.9) | 0.9 (0.5-2.3) |
| Medication: | ||||
| no | 30 (8.3) | 362 | 1 | |
| yes | 27 (11.3) | 238 | 1.4 (0.8-2.5) | |
| Talking about sex with a partner: | ||||
| never | 8 (16.7) | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| rarely | 5 (4.2) | 119 | 0.2 (0.1-0.7) | 0.1 (0.0-0.4) |
| sometimes | 15 (7.1) | 211 | 0.4 (0.2-1.0) | 0.3 (0.1-1.2) |
| often | 29 (13.2) | 220 | 0.8 (0.3-1.8) | 0.4 (0.1-1.4) |
| Traditional sex attitudes: | ||||
| no | 23 (5.8) | 399 | 1 | 1 |
| yes | 33 (16.6) | 199 | 3.3 (1.9-5.7) | 2.8 (1.3-5.9) |
| Physical activity: | ||||
| low | 13 (12.4) | 105 | 1 | 1 |
| moderate | 4 (2.2) | 182 | 0.2 (0.1-0.5) | 0.1 (0.0-0.4) |
| high | 10 (13.2) | 76 | 1.1 (0.4-2.6) | 1.0 (0.3-3.4) |
| intense | 30 (12.6) | 238 | 1.0 (0.5-2.1) | 0.5 (0.2-1.5) |
| Stress and anxiety: | ||||
| low | 2 (1.5) | 130 | 1 | 1 |
| moderate | 41 (11.3) | 364 | 8.1 (1.9-34.1) | 10.8 (1.4-86.7) |
| high | 14 (14.0) | 100 | 1.4 (2.3-47.0) | 12.5 (1.4-115.9) |
*Abbreviations: OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval; BMI – body mass index; HRK – Croatian Kuna (€1 = HRK7.4).
†Independent variables that were insignificantly associated with the dependent variable at the level of univariate logistic analysis (unadjusted OR) were omitted from the multivariate logistic analysis (adjusted OR).