ABSTRACT
We studied the relationship between erectile dysfunction (ED) and diabetes among 189 men (> 40 years) attending primary health care centres in Morocco. Of the 89 diabetic men, 82% had ED while only 17% of the 100 non-diabetic men had ED. The frequency of ED among diabetic men increased with age, from 60% in those aged 40-49 years to 94.95% in those aged > or = 60 years (from 6.3% to 35.4% in men without diabetes for similar ages). ED was reported by 93.3% of diabetic men who had had diabetes for > 15 years. The frequency of ED did not differ with type of diabetes but it was significantly commoner in diabetic men with a low level of education and with hypertension.
Subject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 , Erectile Dysfunction , Outpatients/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Age Distribution , Alcohol Drinking/adverse effects , Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology , Case-Control Studies , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/epidemiology , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology , Educational Status , Erectile Dysfunction/epidemiology , Erectile Dysfunction/etiology , Exercise , Humans , Hyperlipidemias/complications , Hyperlipidemias/epidemiology , Hypertension/complications , Hypertension/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Morocco/epidemiology , Obesity/complications , Obesity/epidemiology , Population Surveillance , Prevalence , Prostatic Neoplasms/complications , Prostatic Neoplasms/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Severity of Illness Index , Smoking/adverse effects , Smoking/epidemiologyABSTRACT
We studied the relationship between erectile dysfunction [ED] and diabetes among 189 men [> 40 years] attending primary health care centres in Morocco. Of the 89 diabetic men, 82% had ED while only 17% of the 100 non-diabetic men had ED. The frequency of ED among diabetic men increased with age, from 60% in those aged 40-49 years to 94.95% in those aged >/= 60 years [from 6.3% to 35.4% in men without diabetes for similar ages]. ED was reported by 93.3% of diabetic men who had had diabetes for > 15 years. The frequency of ED did not differ with type of diabetes but it was significantly commoner in diabetic men with a low level of education and with hypertension