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The relationship between body fat mass and erectile dysfunction in Korean men: Hallym Aging Study
- Source :
- International journal of impotence research. 21(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between body fat mass (BFM) and erectile dysfunction (ED) in Korean men. This study was a cross-sectional study using data on 208 men (the mean age=67.4+/-8.2). ED was diagnosed by the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF)-5 and body fat percentage (BF%) was quantified with bioelectrical impedance. BF% was divided into quintiles (quintile 1:or =20.5%, quintile 2: 20.6-23.2%, quintile 3: 23.3-25.8%, quintile 4: 25.9-28.8%, quintile 5:or =28.9%). Using subjects with quintile 3 of BF% as reference, the adjusted odds ratios of subjects with the lowest quintile of BF% and with the highest quintile were 9.29 (95% CI: 2.29-37.72) and 4.99 (95% CI: 1.37-18.09), respectively. This study showed that BFM and ED had a U-shaped relationship in Korean men. These findings suggest that not only obesity but also a low BFM may be a risk factor of ED in Asians.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Aging
Urology
Health Status
Body fat percentage
Body Mass Index
Erectile Dysfunction
Internal medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
medicine
Electric Impedance
Odds Ratio
Humans
Obesity
Risk factor
Adiposity
Aged
Korea
Anthropometry
business.industry
Hemodynamics
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Lipids
Erectile dysfunction
Endocrinology
Logistic Models
business
Bioelectrical impedance analysis
Body mass index
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14765489
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of impotence research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6a453c9252bfe7ca7349401f568f2bc6