Prevalence of sexual desire and satisfaction among patients with screen-detected diabetes and impact of intensive multifactorial treatment: Results from the ADDITION-Denmark study

Figures & data

Figure 1. Practice and participant flow: ADDITION-Denmark.

Table I. Baseline characteristics of the ADDITION-Denmark trial cohort (n = 968).

	Women		Men
	RC (n = 155)	IT (n = 223)	RC (n = 238)	IT (n = 352)
HbA1c (% of haemoglobin)*	6.3 (6.0;6.8)	6.4 (6.0;7.0)	6.4 (6.0;7.2)	6.3 (6.0;7.0)
HbA1c (mmol/mol)*	45 (42;51)	46 (42;53)	46 (42;55)	45 (42;53)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	149.0 (20.2)	144.4 (19.2)	149.5 (18.4)	149.1 (18.2)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	87.2 (11.0)	84.1 (10.2)	89.3 (11.1)	89.2 (10.2)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.9 (1,2)	5.7 (1,1)	5.7 (1,2)	5.5 (1,1)
Age (years)	59.7 (6.57)	59.4 (7.3)	59.9 (6.7)	59.7 (6.5)
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	31.3 (5.8)	31.7 (6.5)	30.2 (4.3)	30.5 (4.4)
Smoking, current smoker, n (%)	42 (27%)	55 (25%)	80 (34%)	103 (30%)
Alcohol (units/week)*	2 (1;7)	2 (1;7)	10 (3;19)	10 (3;18)
White ethnic origin, n (%)	149 (98%)	206 (98%)	230 (98%)	331 (99%)
Marital status
Married, n (%)	102 (67%)	149 (68%)	173 (73%)	258 (74%)
Unmarried, n (%)	14 (9%)	16 (7%)	35 (15%)	35 (10%)
Separated, n (%)	18 (12%)	33 (15%)	20 (6%)	39 (11%)
Widow/widower, n (%)	19 (12%)	21 (10%)	8 (3%)	16 (4%)
Nephropathy
Micro-albuminuria	18 (12%)	18 (9%)	44 (21%)	57 (18%)
Macro-albuminuria	3 (2%)	4 (2%)	2 (1%)	7 (2%)

Notes: Data are means (SD), unless otherwise indicated. *Median (25th; 75th percentile). IT = intensive treatment; RC = routine care.

Table II. Prevalence in percentages of low sexual desire and low sexual satisfaction among men and women in the ADDITION population answering sexual questions.

		Men				Women
		RC	IT	p-value		RC	IT	p-value
Low sexual desire, % (95% CI):	n				n
In total	145	24.5 (19.0–30.0)	24.7 (20.2–29.2)	0.95	202	53.2 (45.3–61.2)	53.8 (47.2–60.4)	0.91
44–59 years	15	7.4 (0.2–14.6)	14.3 (6.3–22.3)	0.22	31	43.3 (24.5–62.2)	40.0 (25.1–54.9)	0.77
60–69 years	72	22.9 (15.2–30.6)	25.2 (18.9–31.7)	0.64	101	50.6 (39.4–61.9)	53.0 (43.8–62.3)	0.74
70–78 years	58	41.5 (29.2–53.8)	32.0 (22.5–41.4)	0.21	70	64.4 (49.9–79.0)	65.1 (53.0–77.2)	0.95
Low sexual satisfaction, % (95% CI):	n				n
In total	185	27.4 (21.5–33.3)	37.0 (31.8–42.2)	0.01	64	22.7 (15.3–30.0)	17.7 (12.3–23.0)	0.27
44–59 years	40	20.4 (9.3–31.5)	37.7 (26.6–48.7)	0.03	19	31.0 (13.1–48.9)	24.4 (10.7–38.1)	0.59
60–69 years	104	31.5 (22.8–40.3)	40.4 (32.9–47.8)	0.13	32	24.2 (13.6–34.9)	15.2 (8.2–22.2)	0.16
70–78 years	41	25.9 (14.2–37.5)	29.9 (20.1–39.7)	0.60	13	12.1 (3.7–23.9)	17.3 (6.7–27.9)	0.76

Notes: Data are prevalence % (95% CI). People were categorized as having low sexual desire if reporting sexual desire rarely or never when asked “How often do you have sexual desire?”. People were categorised as having low sexual satisfaction if reporting disagree or disagree a lot with the statement “I am satisfied with my sexual life”.