Table 2.

Sexual practices and function among heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual male medical students

	Heterosexual		Homosexual		Bisexual
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value
Age of first intercourse	18.8	2.7	18.6	2.7	18.3	2.4	0.59
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Virgin (no intercourse)	113	14.6	11	9.1	6	26.1	0.07
Current sexual relationship	518	67.1	55	45.5	13	56.5	<0.001
# Sex partners (last 6 months)
0	50	7.6	9	8.2	2	11.8	<0.001
1	473	72.0	48	43.6	7	41.2
2+	134	20.4	53	48.3	8	47.1
# Sex partners (lifetime)
1	154	23.6	4	3.8	1	5.9	<0.001
2–5	238	36.4	25	23.9	6	35.3
6–10	129	19.7	25	23.6	5	29.4
11+	133	20.3	52	49.1	5	29.4
Erectile dysfunction
IIEF-EF >26	551	87.6	71	75.5	11	78.6	0.02
IIEF-EF 22–25	51	8.1	14	14.9	3	21.4
IIEF-EF 17–21	22	3.5	6	6.4	0	0
IIEF-EF 11–16	4	0.6	1	1.1	0	0
IIEF-EF 6–10	1	0.2	2	2.1	0	0
Premature ejaculation (PE)
PE	71	16.2	13	17.3	3	33	0.68
No PE	334	76.0	57	76.0	5	55.6
High-risk of PE	33	7.5	5	6.7	1	11.0
How do you feel about your sexual function at this time?
Sexual function is not an issue for me	36	4.8	5	4.2	0	0	0.05
Satisfied, desire no change	226	30.4	27	22.7	3	13.6
Mostly satisfied, desire change	375	50.4	60	50.4	16	72.7
Dissatisfied, desire no change	13	1.8	2	1.7	1	4.6
Dissatisfied, desire change	74	10	19	16	0	0
I feel I have a sex dysfunction, and desire change	20	2.7	6	5	2	9.1
SEAR	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Sex relationship	83	13.3	81	13.8	77.7	14.2	0.23
Confidence	87.8	12.9	84.7	12.8	79.5	15	0.02
Self-esteem	88.3	14.4	85	15.7	75.8	18	0.003
Relationship	87	14.8	84	15.3	86.9	13.2	0.36
Total	85	12.2	82.6	12.6	78.5	13.8	0.08

SD = standard deviation; IIEF-EF = International Index of Erectile Function-erectile function domain; SEAR = Self-Esteem and Relationship quality instrument.