Association between Frailty and Erectile Dysfunction among Chinese Elderly Men

Table 2

Logistic regression analyses of potential risk factors for ED in elderly men.

		SE	Wals		OR	95% CI for OR
						Lower	Upper
Constant	9.617	2.519	14.576	<0.001
Age	-0.151	0.061	6.132	0.013	0.860	0.763	0.969
BMI	-0.077	0.044	3.016	0.082	0.926	0.848	1.010
Income/year
>10,000 CNY	-0.143	0.441	0.105	0.746	0.867	0.365	2.057
≤10,000 CNY					1.000
Education
Primary school					1.000
Middle school	-0.139	0.465	0.089	0.766	0.871	0.350	2.167
University	-0.209	0.518	0.162	0.687	0.812	0.294	2.240
Diabetes
Yes					1.000
No	-1.109	0.355	9.782	0.002	0.330	0.165	0.661
Regular intercourse
Yes					1.000
No	1.229	0.306	16.074	<0.001	3.416	1.874	6.229
Spouse age	0.029	0.056	0.269	0.604	1.029	0.923	1.147
TFI	-0.098	0.035	7.944	0.005	0.906	0.846	0.970

Independent risks of ED were assessed by logistic regression analysis. ED: erectile dysfunction; BMI: body mass index; TFI: Tilburg Frailty Indicator.