Table 1. General characteristics.
Transwomen | Transmen | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | p | ||||
Total | 82 | 72 | ||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
Age | 42.4 | 12.4 | 32.4 | 11.2 | < 0.001 | |||
BMI | 24.6 | 3.9 | 25.1 | 4.5 | n.s. | |||
N | % | N | % | |||||
Hormone treatment | ||||||||
Yes | 65 | 79.3 | 58 | 80.6 | n.s. | |||
No | 17 | 20.7 | 14 | 19.4 | ||||
Estradiol | ||||||||
Gel | 21 | 30.8 | NA | |||||
Tablets | 21 | 30.8 | NA | |||||
Patches | 24 | 36.9 | NA | |||||
Tablets + Gel | 1.5 | NA | ||||||
Cyproterone acetate | 46.2 | NA | ||||||
Testosterone | ||||||||
Gel | NA | 26 | 44.8 | |||||
Enanthate injections | NA | 15 | 25.9 | |||||
Undecanoate injections | NA | 14 | 24.1 | |||||
Not documented | NA | 3 | 5.2 | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
Time since start of hormone therapy (months) | 26 | 6 | 173 | 18 | 6 | 245 | n.s. | |
Living alone | N | % | N | % | ||||
Yes | 51 | 62.2 | 42 | 58.3 | n.s. | |||
No | 30 | 36.6 | 29 | 40.3 | ||||
Missing | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 | ||||
Education | ||||||||
No graduation | 4 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | n.s. | |||
Low | 19 | 23.2 | 16 | 22.2 | ||||
Intermediate | 29 | 35.4 | 38 | 52.8 | ||||
High | 13 | 15.9 | 6 | 8.3 | ||||
University | 16 | 19.5 | 12 | 16.7 | ||||
Missing | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
Unemployed | ||||||||
Employed | 74.0 | 90.2 | 67 | 93.1 | n.s. | |||
Unemployed | 8.0 | 9.8 | 5 | 6.9 | ||||
Estimated financial situation | ||||||||
Good | 42.0 | 51.2 | 35 | 48.6 | n.s. | |||
Average | 13.0 | 15.9 | 9 | 12.5 | ||||
Bad | 26.0 | 31.7 | 27 | 37.5 | ||||
Missing | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.4 | ||||
Age of onset | ||||||||
Early | 62.0 | 75.6 | 62 | 86.1 | n.s. | |||
Late | 20.0 | 24.4 | 9 | 12.5 | ||||
Missing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.4 | ||||
Surgeries | ||||||||
Mastectomy | ||||||||
Yes | NA | 31 | 43.1 | |||||
No | NA | 41 | 56.9 | |||||
Any genital surgery | n.s. | |||||||
Yes | 25.0 | 30.5 | 20 | 27.8 | ||||
No | 57.0 | 69.5 | 52 | 72.2 | ||||
Penoid | ||||||||
Yes | NA | 8 | 11.1 | |||||
No | NA | 64 | 88.9 | |||||
Breast augmentation | ||||||||
Yes | 14 | 17.1 | NA | |||||
No | 68 | 82.9 | NA |
Comparisons were done by students’ T-test for continuous variables and X2 or Fishers exact test for categorical variables
Bold numbers indicate significant differences
NA: not applicable
n.s.: not significant