%0 Journal Article
%T Cardiovascular and metabolic syndrome risk among men with and without erectile dysfunction: case-control study
%A Zambon
%A Jo£¿o Paulo
%A Mendon£¿a
%A Rafaela Rosalba de
%A Wroclawski
%A Marcelo Langer
%A Karam Junior
%A Amir
%A Santos
%A Raul D.
%A Carvalho
%A Jos¨¦ Antonio Maluf de
%A Wroclawski
%A Eric Roger
%J Sao Paulo Medical Journal
%D 2010
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1516-31802010000300006
%X context and objective: erectile dysfunction has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. the aim here was to evaluate cardiovascular risk through the framingham risk score (frs) criteria, c-reactive protein (crp) assays and presence of metabolic syndrome (ms) in men with and without erectile dysfunction diagnosed within a healthcare program. design and setting: a retrospective case-control study was conducted. the patients were selected from a healthcare program at the hospital israelita albert einstein, between january and december 2007. methods: 222 men were retrospectively selected, and they were divided into two groups: men with erectile dysfunction (n = 111) and men without erectile dysfunction (n = 111). the patients were stratified according to the international index of erectile function-erectile function domain (iief-ef domain). crp and frs were analyzed and the two groups were compared. results: the crp levels were significantly higher among men with erectile dysfunction (p = 0.04). patients with erectile dysfunction also had high frs (p = 0.0015). crp and frs did not correlate with the severity of erectile dysfunction. the presence of metabolic syndrome was greater among men with erectile dysfunction (p < 0.05). the severity of erectile dysfunction was directly associated with metabolic syndrome. conclusion: men with erectile dysfunction presented higher cardiovascular risk according to the frs criteria and crp measurements. severe erectile dysfunction seemed to have a correlation with metabolic syndrome.
%K erectile dysfunction
%K metabolic syndrome x
%K c-reactive protein
%K cardiovascular diseases
%K endothelium
%K risk factors.
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