Association between Erectile Dysfunction and Obesity

Heitor Zancheta de Andrade, Caio Eduardo Gullo, Moacir Fernandes de Godoy, Thiago da Silveira Antoniassi, Luis Cesar Fava Spessoto and Fernando Nestor Facio Junior

International Journal of Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 10, 43-45

Abstract: There are several risk factors associated with erectile dysfunction (ED) and so it is important to identify them to improve the therapeutic approach. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between obesity and ED. In this prospective cross-sectional observational study, the IIEF questionnaire was used to evaluate erectile function. The total sample of 38 subjects was divided into two groups; 23 obese individuals (BMI ≥30) with a mean BMI of 46.07, and 15 non-obese subjects (BMI

Keywords: Erectile Dysfunction; Risk Factors; Obesity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.1451

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