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SynthesisInternational journal of impotence research

Metabolic syndrome and risk for ED: a meta-analysis.

L H Liu, T Zhang, Y R Zhang, T S Liu, H B Zhang, F Z Chen, S H He, A Y Wei

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Synthesis in International journal of impotence research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

L H LiuDepartment of Urology, Medical Center for Overseas Patients, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
T ZhangDepartment of Urology, Medical Center for Overseas Patients, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Y R ZhangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
T S LiuDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
H B ZhangDepartment of Urology, Medical Center for Overseas Patients, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
F Z ChenDepartment of Urology, Medical Center for Overseas Patients, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
S H HeThe Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
A Y WeiDepartment of Urology, Medical Center for Overseas Patients, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many recent observational studies on metabolic syndrome (MS) and the risk for ED, and it is still inconclusive whether MS increases the risk for ED. This meta-analysis aims to detect a relationship between MS and ED. We identified eligible studies by searching PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library for articles published before August 2013. Adjusted relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using random-effects or fixed-effects models. A total of 10 studies involving 4092 participants were included in the meta-analysis. MS was associated with an increased incidence of ED (RR=1.60, 95% CI=1.27-2.02, P<0.001), with significant evidence of heterogeneity among these studies (P for heterogeneity <0.001, I(2)=92.9%). The subgroup and sensitivity analyses confirmed the stability of the results and no publication bias was detected. The present meta-analysis suggests that MS is significantly associated with the risk for ED. Large-scale and well-designed prospective studies are required to further investigate the association between MS and risk for ED.

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