Prevalence of erectile dysfunction and it's related factors in type 2 diabetic patients / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate prevalence of erectile dysfunction(ED)in type 2 diabetic male patients and to analyze its related factors.Methods A total of 904 married male patients with type 2 diabetes were involved in this study and they were interviewed with anonymous questionnaire.An international index of erectile function-5(IIEF-5)was used to determine the severity of ED by self-rating score in age,duration of diabetes,serum level of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c(HbA1c),history of alcohol drinking and smoking,blood pressure and anti-hypertensive medication in diabetic ED patients.Relationship between relevant factors and diabetic ED was analyzed.Results ED was diagnosed in 612 diabetics with prevalence of 67.7 percent(612/904)according to their total scores of IIEF-5.Logistic regression analysis showed that increase in duration of diabetes by five years,age by 10 years,serum level of HbAI c by 2%, systolic blood pressure by 30 mm Hg(1 mm Hg = 0.133 kPa),positive history of smoking and alcohol drinking were all independently associated with prevalence of diabetic ED,with OR of 1.96,1.25,2.32, 1.12,1.67(P