Table 1 Genaral characteristics of the patients and the control group.

From: Significance of penile hypersensitivity in premature ejaculation

 

Control group (n = 124)

Premature ejaculation (n = 224)

P -value

Mild PE (n = 152)

Severe PE (n = 61)

Age (years)

32.56 ± 5.13

31.55 ± 5.26

29.03 ± 4.79

0.702

BMI (kg m−2)

24.09 ± 2.64

24.49 ± 3.11

23.76 ± 2.87

0.075

Smoking (%)

35/124(28.2%)

49/152(32.2%)

22/61(36.1%)

0.537

Drinking (%)

8/124(6.5%)

16/152(10.5%)

5/61(8.2%)

0.483

IELT (s)

202.12 ± 57.1

42.36 ± 6.11

20.24 ± 4.60

0.000*

Glans thresholds (V)

4.73 ± 0.77

3.81 ± 0.57

3.54 ± 0.43

0.000*

Penile shafts thresholds (V)

4.62 ± 0.69

3.64 ± 0.52

3.37 ± 0.50

0.002*

IIEF-5

23.47 ± 0.93

23.24 ± 0.90

23.36 ± 0.91

0.623

  1. Values are given as mean ± SD. BMI: body mass index, IELT: intravaginal ejaculatory latency time, IIEF-5: International Index of Erectile Function-5. *Denotes statistically significant difference by one-way ANOVA.