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To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study aimed at evaluating the relationship of PE among polygamous men.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Over a 1-year period, a cross-sectional observational study was carried out among 202 married men who visited the urology polyclinic due to different clinical conditions and contributed by completing a standardized structured questionnaire regarding their sociodemographic data, as well as sexual and past medical history.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In our study, the prevalence of PE was 37.1%; half of the monogamous men (50%) complained of PE, while 22% of men with two wives, 20% of men with three wives, and 12% of men with four wives complained of PE (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001, 95% CI 0.122\u20131.920). Seventy percent of erectile dysfunction (ED) patients had PE concurrence (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001, 95% CI 0.057\u20135.543). Regarding frequency of sexual intercourse, 48% of patients who complained of PE performed sexual intercourse less than two times\/week, while two-thirds of the participants who did not complain of PE had sexual intercourse two to four times\/week (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001, 95% CI 0.203\u20130.568). Among the men who reported ED, 42% had one wife, 21.5% had two wives, 40% had three wives, and 12.5% had four wives (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.029, 95% CI 0.417\u20130.962).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We report that polygamous men have a lower incidence of premature ejaculation and higher sexual satisfaction than monogamous men. There is a significant association between ED and PE, showing a complex and bidirectional relationship between the two conditions. The new taxonomic entity called loss of control of erection and ejaculation (LCEE) views the two sexual symptoms as deeply interrelated. The study results indicate that a sexual intercourse frequency of two or more times per week significantly lowers the risk of PE.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12894-021-00942-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,16]],"date-time":"2021-12-16T17:06:21Z","timestamp":1639674381000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["The prevalence of premature ejaculation and its relationship with polygamous men: a cross-sectional observational study at a tertiary hospital in Somalia"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Abdikarim Hussein","family":"Mohamed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hussein Ali","family":"Mohamud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adem","family":"Yasar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"942_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"94","DOI":"10.1038\/ijir.2013.42","volume":"26","author":"J Gao","year":"2014","unstructured":"Gao J, Zhang X, Su P, Shi K, Tang D, Hao Z, et al. 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