Metabolic Syndrome, Hormone Levels, and Inflammation in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction
Table 1
Analysis of the ATP-III metabolic syndrome criteria (mean ± SD when normally distributed, median when nonnormally distributed) in patients with ED and their respectively controls.
Patients with ED
Controls
P value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
151.03 ± 22.16
128.8 ± 13.29
0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
88.49 ± 10.41
78.88 ± 7.85
0.0001
Abdominal perimeter (cm)
106.62 ± 11.23
94.28 ± 11.33
0.0001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
108
93
0.005*
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)
47.27 ± 9.45
51.15 ± 11.52
0.177
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
146.59 ± 72.42
155.10 ± 91.68
0.947
*Mann-Whitney test was used for nonnormal variables.
