Prevalence of masturbation and masturbation guilt and associations with partnered sex among married heterosexual Chinese males in an outpatient clinical setting: a retrospective single center study

Table 1 Characteristics of the included males

Characteristics	Value
Age (mean ± SD, years)	35.5 ± 8.0
BMI (mean ± SD, kg/m²)	21.5 ± 2.3
Residence, n(%)
Urban	382(81.4%)
Rural	87(18.6%)
Duration of marriage (mean ± SD, years)	15.5 ± 5.8
Parental status, having child, n(%)	350(74.6%)
Income per month (mean ± SD, thousand yuan)	13.2 ± 4.4
Education level
Senior high school or lower	202 (43.1%)
Bachelor and graduates	267 (56.9%)
Current smoking, n(%)	155 (33.0%)
Current drinking, n(%)	108 (23.0%)
GAD- 7(mean ± SD)	11.6 ± 4.5
PHQ- 9 (mean ± SD)	12.5 ± 3.8

Variables include: age (years, continuous), BMI (kg/m², continuous), residence (urban/rural), parental status (yes/no), duration of marriage(years, continuous), income per month (thousand yuan, continuous), education (senior high school or lower/bachelor and graduates), current smoking status (yes or no), current drinking status (yes/no), anxiety score (continuous), depression score (continuous)

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