Table 2.
Sociodemographic and baseline medical characteristics.
| Variable | Tualang honey (n = 34) | Tribestan (n = 32) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SDa) | n (%) | mean (SDa) | n (%) | ||
| Sociodemographic | |||||
| Age (years) | 34.0 (4.87) | 34.9 (6.89) | 0.524b | ||
| Marriage duration (years) | 4.5 (2.50) | 6.1 (4.31) | 0.072b | ||
| Number of children | 0.2 (0.39) | 0.3 (0.67) | 0.585b | ||
| Number of partner | 1.0 (0.17) | 1.1 (0.25) | 0.526b | ||
| Race | |||||
| Malay | 28 (82.4) | 29 (90.6) | 0.328c | ||
| Non-Malay | 6 (17.6) | 3 (9.4) | |||
| Education level | |||||
| Primary and secondary school | 19 (55.9) | 14 (43.8) | 0.325c | ||
| College and university | 15 (44.1) | 18 (56.3) | |||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Nonsmoker | 24 (70.6) | 23 (71.9) | 0.908c | ||
| Smoker | 10 (29.4) | 9 (28.1) | |||
| Physical examination | |||||
| SBP (mmHg) | 126.2 (13.34) | 121.8 (10.20) | 0.137b | ||
| DBP (mmHg) | 80.7 (10.04) | 76.6 (7.49) | 0.063b | ||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.4 (3.56) | 26.2 (3.49) | 0.173b | ||
| Size of right testes (mL) | 18.0 (2.90) | 16.6 (3.40) | 0.081b | ||
| Size of left testes (mL) | 17.9 (2.93) | 16.4 (3.75) | 0.084b | ||
| Sperm quantity and quality | |||||
| Sperm concentration (×106/mL) | 12.4 (4.58) | 12.9 (4.99) | 0.632b | ||
| Sperm motility (%) | 38.3 (20.25) | 40.4 (23.69) | 0.692b | ||
| Sperm morphology (%) | 65.1 (23.97) | 63.0 (28.30) | 0.746b | ||
| Erectile function | |||||
| IIEF-5 score | 20.1 (2.91) | 20.8 (3.47) | 0.362b | ||
| Grading of erectile function | |||||
| No dysfunction | 19 (55.9) | 24 (75.0) | 0.041c | ||
| Mild dysfunction | 15 (44.1) | 6 (18.8) | |||
| Mild to moderate dysfunction | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.2) | |||
| Hormonal profile | |||||
| LH (IU/L) | 6.0 (7.11) | 5.1 (2.79) | 0.514b | ||
| Testosterone (nmol/L) | 15.1 (4.58) | 15.5 (6.60) | 0.745b | ||
| FSH (IU/L) | 6.4 (2.86) | 7.3 (3.98) | 0.337b | ||
aStandard deviation.
bANOVA.
cChi-squared test.