Independent Predictors of Erectile Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Is It True What They Say about Risk Factors?
Table 1
Clinical, biochemical, and hormonal characteristics of men with type 2 diabetes according to their sexual function ().
Variable
Men with normal sexual function ()
Men with sexual dysfunction ()
value
All the participants ()
Age (year)
<0.001
Diabetes duration (Month)*
0.1
Smoking (%)
16.4%
22.2%
0.37
19%
BMI (Kg/m2)
0.01
SBP (mmHg)
0.02
DBP (mmHg)
0.2
FPG (mg/dL)
0.3
TG (mg/dL)*
0.2
Chol (mg/dL)
0.5
HDL-C (mg/dL)*
0.8
HbA1c (%)
0.8
Creat (mg/dL)*
0.04
Testosterone (ng/dL)*
0.8
BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, FPG: fasting plasma glucose, Tg: triglyceride, Chol: cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, Creat: creatinin concentration.
*Because of abnormal distribution of these variables we tested them with nonparameteric Mann-whitney test but no difference was found in the results and prevalues.