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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychooncology. 2010 Aug;19(8):814–822. doi: 10.1002/pon.1641

TABLE 3. Sexual dysfunction scores by select sociodemographic and medical characteristics; means and standard errors adjusted for age at study and age at diagnosis.

Females Males

Mean (se) F (p-value) Mean (se) F (p-value)

Overall 21.6 (28.6) 10.6 (21.6)

Race/ethnicity
 White 22.7 (2.0) 0.67 11.8 (1.6) 1.15
 Non-White 19.8 (2.9) (.41) 8.9 (2.2) (.29)

Education
 HS Grad or less 20.4 (4.6) 0.05 10.6 (2.6) 0.20
 Some college 22.1 (2.4) (.95) 10.0 (2.0) (.82)
 4-year college grad 21.9 (2.7) 12.1 (2.6)

Marital status
 No 17.7 (2.3) 6.48 12.9 (1.8) 3.10
 Yes 26.1 (2.3) (.01) 8.0 (2.0) (.08)

Income
 <$25K 25.4 (2.8) 2.00 15.2 (2.3) 5.8
 >$25K 20.4 (2.1) (.16) 8.5 (1.6) (.02)

Cancer Type
 Leukemia 19.4 (2.8) 0.60 12.4 (2.1) 0.97
 Hodgkin's disease 22.7 (4.1) (.73) 4.4 (3.3) (.45)
 NHL 31.6 (6.6) 11.7 (3.9)
 CNS/Brain Tumor 20.1 (4.7) 9.1 (3.8)
 Solid tumors/soft tissue tumors 24.6 (4.5) 12.0 (4.0)
 Kidney tumor (Wilm's) 18.2 (7.2) 6.3 (9.7)
 Other 23.4 (6.6) 15.5 (4.7)

Reports health problems
 No 13.4 (2.5) 19.0 6.9 (1.8) 8.52
 Yes 27.9 (2.1) (.000) 14.6 (1.9) (.004)

F-statistic derived from general linear models, adjusted for age at study and age at diagnosis.