Association between Frailty and Erectile Dysfunction among Chinese Elderly Men
Table 1
Demographics and clinical characteristics of elderly men with/without ED.
Total subjects ()
With ED ()
Without ED ()
Age
5.843
<0.001
BMI
2.443
0.015
Residence
1.254
0.300
Urban
291 (85.4%)
143 (54.4%)
48 (61.5%)
Rural
150 (14.6%)
120 (45.6%)
30 (38.5%)
Income/year
5.211
0.033
>10,000 CNY
44 (12.9%)
28 (10.6%)
16 (20.5%)
≤10,000 CNY
297 (87.1%)
235 (89.4%)
62 (79.5%)
Education level
6.480
0.039
Primary school
248 (72.7%)
200 (76.0%)
48 (72.7%)
Middle school
57 (16.7%)
38 (14.4%)
19 (16.7%)
University
36 (10.6%)
25 (9.5%)
11 (10.6%)
Smoking
0.567
0.518
Yes
157 (46.0%)
124 (47.1%)
33 (42.3%)
No
184 (54.0%)
139 (52.9%)
45 (57.7%)
Drinking
1.050
0.357
Yes
136 (39.9%)
101 (38.4%)
35 (44.9%)
No
205 (60.1%)
162 (61.6%)
43 (55.1%)
Diabetes
9.505
0.002
Yes
115 (33.7%)
100 (38.0%)
15 (19.2%)
No
226 (66.3%)
163 (62.0%)
63 (80.8%)
Hypertension
0.518
0.514
Yes
200 (58.7%)
157 (59.7%)
43 (55.1%)
No
141 (41.3%)
106 (40.3%)
35 (44.9%)
Regular intercourse
18.886
<0.001
Yes
154 (45.2%)
102 (38.8%)
52 (66.7%)
No
187 (54.8%)
161 (61.2%)
26 (33.3%)
Spouse age
4.684
<0.001
Health status of spouse
0.937
0.626
Good
105 (30.8%)
84 (31.9%)
21 (26.9%)
Fair
114 (33.4%)
88 (33.5%)
26 (33.3%)
Poor
122 (35.8%)
91 (34.6%)
31 (39.7%)
TFI
4.798
<0.001
IIEF-5
19.794
<0.001
Differences between elderly men with and without ED were assessed by -test or chi-squared test, as appropriate. ED: erectile dysfunction; BMI: body mass index; CNY: Chinese yuan; TFI: Tilburg Frailty Indicator. Regular intercourse is defined as sexual per week.
