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Relationship between Erectile Dysfunction and Moderate to Severe Prostatitis-like Symptom.: a Propensity Score-matched Analysis |
| 을지병원 , 국립경찰병원¹ |
| 이준호, 박연원¹, 조인창¹, 김병훈¹, 최재덕, 조정만, 강정윤, 유탁근 |
<strong>Introduction</strong>: We evaluated the relationship of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) with erectile dysfunction (ED)
<strong>Methods</strong>:
A total of 8727 males were analyzed. The NIH-CPSI, IIEF, PEDT, testosterone, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) assessment were used. Symptoms were classified as a ‘no’ if respondents reported no perineal or ejaculatory pain or had a NIH-CPSI pain score of <4; the symptoms were classified as ‘moderate to severe’ if the pain score was >7 according to a previous study. Propensity score matching was considered for 597 men with and moderate to severe prostatitis-like symptom (case) and 6584 men with no prostatitis-like symptom (control), but ultimately, propensity scores were matched at a 1:1 ratio of controls to case group (597 men in control group and 597 men in case group).
<strong>Results</strong>:
After propensity score matching, age and PEDT variables which were found to be significantly different before propensity score matching (table 1) were evenly dispersed and did not differ significantly between the groups (table 1). After matching (table 2), the mean IIEF score of the case group was significantly lower than the control group. Additionally, ED severity was significantly greater in case group. Finally, the ratio of moderate to severe ED was significantly great in case group.
<strong>Conclusions</strong>:
The moderate to severe prostatitis-like symptoms was significantly and independently correlated with ED. A screening of ED in men with CP/CPPS would be needed and vice versa. |
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keywords : Erectile Dysfunction, Chronic prostatitis, Testosterone |
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