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. 2020 Jan 7;26:e921811-1–e921811-12. doi: 10.12659/MSM.921811

Table 2.

Comparison of the sexual performance parameters, including the frequency of sexual desire, coitus, orgasm, dyspareunia, sexual arousal, and vaginal lubrication were compared between study groups.

PM (n=186) NM (n=357) SM (n=151) p Value p12 p13 p23
Sexual desire frequency <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.041
 Never or almost never 34 (18.3%) 175 (49.0%) 55 (36.4%)
 A few times 85 (45.7%) 123 (34.5%) 73 (48.3%)
 Most times 67 (36%) 59 (16.5%) 23 (15.3%)
Coital frequency <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.002
 Once every 2 or 3 months 5 (2.7%) 91 (25.5%) 20 (13.2%)
 1 time per month 19 (10.2%) 102 (28.6%) 47 (31.1%)
 2–3 times per month 71 (38.2%) 102 (28.6%) 50 (33.1%)
 ≥4 times per month 91 (48.9%) 62 (17.4%) 34 (22.5%)
Orgasm frequency <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Never or almost never 25 (13.4%) 158 (44.3%) 42 (27.8%)
 Very rarely 70 (37.6%) 117 (32.8%) 66 (43.7%)
 A few times 71 (38.2%) 59 (16.5%) 29 (19.2%)
 Most times 20 (10.8%) 23 (6.4%) 14 (9.3%)
Lubrication <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.002
 None 137 (73.7%) 156 (43.7%) 51 (33.8%)
 Inadequate 42 (22.6%) 135 (37.8%) 55 (36.4%)
 Adequate 7 (3.8%) 66 (18.5%) 45 (29.8%)
Dyspareunia frequency <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.877
 Never or almost never 123 (66.1%) 186 (52.1%) 82 (54.3%)
 A few times 47 (25.3%) 95 (26.6%) 33 (21.9%)
Most times or always 16 (8.6%) 76 (21.3%) 36 (23.8%)
Arousal frequency 0.388
 Never or almost never 14 (7.5%) 44 (12.3%) 27 (17.9%)
 Very rarely 97 (52.2%) 171 (47.9%) 68 (45.0%)
 A few times 73 (39.2%) 134 (37.5%) 50 (33.1%)
 Most times 2 (1.1%) 8 (2.2%) 6 (4.0%)