TY - JOUR
T1 - Haemorrhoids are associated with erectile dysfunction
T2 - A population-based study
AU - Keller, J. J.
AU - Lin, H. C.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Haemorrhoids are associated with regional vascular abnormalities and rectal pain, which are hypothesized to increase the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED); however, few studies have investigated the association between ED and haemorrhoids. This case-control study aimed to estimate the association between haemorrhoids and ED by using a population-based data in Taiwan. We identified 6310 patients with ED as cases and randomly selected 31550 controls. Conditional logistic regression was performed to compute the odds ratio (OR) for having been previously diagnosed with haemorrhoids between cases and controls. The results show that haemorrhoids were found to be present among 1572 (24.9%) cases and 4491 (14.20%) controls. The OR for prior haemorrhoids among cases was 1.90 (95% CI=1.78-2.03) when compared with controls after adjusting for monthly income, geographical location, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, obesity and alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence syndrome. Younger cases demonstrated a higher risk for prior haemorrhoids when compared with controls. In particular, the adjusted OR among cases
AB - Haemorrhoids are associated with regional vascular abnormalities and rectal pain, which are hypothesized to increase the risk of erectile dysfunction (ED); however, few studies have investigated the association between ED and haemorrhoids. This case-control study aimed to estimate the association between haemorrhoids and ED by using a population-based data in Taiwan. We identified 6310 patients with ED as cases and randomly selected 31550 controls. Conditional logistic regression was performed to compute the odds ratio (OR) for having been previously diagnosed with haemorrhoids between cases and controls. The results show that haemorrhoids were found to be present among 1572 (24.9%) cases and 4491 (14.20%) controls. The OR for prior haemorrhoids among cases was 1.90 (95% CI=1.78-2.03) when compared with controls after adjusting for monthly income, geographical location, hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, obesity and alcohol abuse/alcohol dependence syndrome. Younger cases demonstrated a higher risk for prior haemorrhoids when compared with controls. In particular, the adjusted OR among cases
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Erectile dysfunction
KW - Haemorrhoids
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01292.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01292.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22775966
AN - SCOPUS:84870238217
VL - 35
SP - 867
EP - 872
JO - International Journal of Andrology
JF - International Journal of Andrology
SN - 0105-6263
IS - 6
ER -