Age and social gradients in the intensity of aging males' symptoms in Poland

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Table I.  Severity of psychological, sexual, somato-vegetative and all aging males' symptoms in 405 healthy Polish men.

Groups of symptoms	Age categories (years)				Statistical significance
	32–45 N = 136	46–55 N = 148	56–65 N = 81	66–79 N = 40
Psychological symptoms
points	8.4 ± 3.1	10.0 ± 3.6	10.6 ± 3.2	11.8 ± 3.5	F = 14.55, p < 0.0001
Sexual symptoms
points	7.8 ± 2.9	10.6 ± 3.2	13.8 ± 3.4	16.8 ± 3.2	F = 114.51, p < 0.0001
Somato-vegetative symptoms
points	11.7 ± 4.2	15.6 ± 4.5	17.8 ± 4.5	20.5 ± 4.4	F = 57.69, p < 0.0001
All aging males' symptoms
points	27.9 ± 8.5	36.2 ± 9.6	42.2 ± 9.6	49.1 ± 9.4	F = 73.43, p < 0.0001
Psychological symptoms (%)
no	29.4	6.1	3.7	0	χ^2 = 71.72
mild	21.3	35.8	18.5	15.0	p < 0.0001
moderate	33.1	32.4	40.8	37.5
severe	16.2	25.7	37.0	47.5
Sexual symptoms (%)
no	30.1	3.4	0	0	χ^2 = 164.32
mild	22.8	14.9	2.5	0	p < 0.0001
moderate	28.7	32.4	12.3	5.0
severe	18.4	49.3	85.2	95.0
Somato-vegetative symptoms (%)
no	28.0	4.7	0	0	χ^2 = 133.75
mild	33.8	20.3	8.6	5.0	p < 0.0001
moderate	31.6	47.3	49.4	27.5
severe	6.6	27.7	42.0	67.5

Table II.  Independent effects of age and educational level on the severity of psychological, sexual, somato-vegetative and all andropausal symptoms in 405 healthy Polish men (results of a two-way ANOVA).

Factors	Categories	Groups of aging males' symptoms			All aging males' symptoms
		Psychological symptoms	Sexual symptoms	Somato-vegetative symptoms
Age	1: 32–45 years	F = 17.89	F = 114.70	F = 52.86	F = 73.95
	2: 46–55 years	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001
	3: 56–65 years
	4: 66–79 years
Educational level	1: completed university	F = 9.51	F = 5.90	F = 3.85	F = 7.96
	2: completed secondary school	p < 0.0001	p = 0.003	p = 0.02	p < 0.0001
	3: basic trade or primary school at the very most
Interactions	–	F = 0.99	F = 1.70	F = 0.93	F = 0.88
		p = 0.43	p = 0.13	p = 0.47	p = 0.51

Figure 1. Psychological, sexual, somato-vegetative, and all aging males' symptoms in 405 healthy Polish men in particular age and educational categories (means ± 95%CI). (A) Psychological symptoms, (B) Sexual symptoms, (C) Somato-vegetative symptoms, (D) All aging males' symptoms.