We hypothesized that erectile dysfunction is associated with impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance and could be used in primary screening of pre-diabetes.
Although erectile dysfunction is known to be closely associated with diabetes, we demonstrate that it is not associated with pre-diabetes in 926 apparently healthy men.
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Ettala OO, Korhonen PE, Syvänen KT, Kaipia AJ, Vahlberg TJ, Aarnio PT, Boström PJ. Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; Central Satakunta Health Federation of Municipalities, Harjavalta, Finland; Institute of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; Department of Surgery, Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland; Department of Biostatistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Reference: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Mar 3. pii: S0168-8227(15)00130-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.02.030
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PMID: 25779867