Prevalence and forms of sexual dysfunctions in Egyptian men with epilepsy in Helwan

Table 5 Comparisons between focal and generalized seizures in relation to patients’ age, duration of marriage, duration of epilepsy, different aspects of SD and sex hormone plasma level

Parameter	Focal (n = 27)	Generalized (n = 43)	Hodges–Lehman median difference	P value
Age (years)	36 (30–45)	35 (27–40)	2	0.194
Marriage duration (years)	7 (4–12)	6 (3–14)	1	0.615
Disease duration (years)	17 (8–30)	16 (7–29)	0	0.861
Erectile function	14 (9–21)	20 (11–25)	− 3	0.161
Orgasmic function	6 (2–8)	7 (6–8)	− 1	0.049
Sexual desire	6 (3–8)	7 (4–9)	− 1	0.167
Intercourse satisfaction	8 (3–12)	10 (7–13)	− 2	0.136
Overall satisfaction	4 (2–8)	7 (4–9)	− 1	0.105
Total score	32 (23–56)	54 (39–62)	− 7	0.090
Total Testosterone	2.97 (1.6–3.7)	3.1 (1.85–3.65)	0	0.828
Free Testosterone	13.4 (7–19)	15.8 (9–19)	− 0.9	0.348
Estradiol	23 (15–40.7)	23 (15.1–27)	0.61	0.380
Prolactin	17.3 (12.6–24.5)	14.9 (11.3–28.7)	0.4	0.573

n number, SD sexual dysfunction, data are median (25–75th percentiles), test of significance is Mann–Whitney U test, P value significance ≤ 0.050