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The risk of erectile dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan.
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- Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and risk of erectile dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of impotence research · 2020Pooled it
- Sexual Health in COPD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePooled it
- Chronic Rhinosinusitis Associated with Erectile Dysfunction: A Population-Based Study.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- Relationship Between Anemia, and Serum Testosterone Levels in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: A Cross-sectional Study :.Galen medical journal · 2025Article
- Investigating self-reported efficacy of lifestyle medicine approaches to tackle erectile dysfunction: a cross-sectional eSurvey based study.BMC urology · 2023Article
- Erectile Dysfunction in Men with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- COPD burden on sexual well-being.Respiratory research · 2020Article
- Erectile Dysfunction After Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer: Real-World Evidence.Clinical epidemiology · 2020Article
- Progression of erectile function in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Article
- Revealing Methodological Challenges in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Studies Assessing Comorbidities: A Narrative Review.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2019Review
- Increased risk of osteoporosis in patients with erectile dysfunction: A nationwide population-based cohort study.Medicine · 2016Article
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- A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study of Migraine and Organic-Psychogenic Erectile Dysfunction.Medicine · 2016Article
- Erectile dysfunction in COPD: A hidden co-morbidity.Chronic respiratory disease · 2016Article
- Hip Fracture in People with Erectile Dysfunction: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.PloS one · 2016Article
- Risk of Periodontal Diseases in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study.Medicine · 2015Observational
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Abstract
The prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) seemed high; however, large scale of population-based study was absent. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from the National Health Insurance system of Taiwan. The cohort included 29,042 male patients who were newly diagnosed with COPD. Patients were recruited between 2000 and 2011, and the date of diagnosis was defined as the index date. Each patient was randomly matched with 1 male person from the general population without COPD according to age and the index year. The occurrence of ED was followed up until the end of 2011. The hazard ratios of ED were estimated using the Cox proportional hazard model after adjusting for age, index year, comorbidities, and medications. The overall incidence of ED was 1.88-fold greater in the COPD cohort than in the non-COPD cohort (24.9 vs 13.3/1000 person-years, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.61-2.18). Compared with non-COPD patients, the hazard ratio increased with the number of emergency room visits and admissions for COPD from 1.51 (95% CI 1.29-1.77) to 5.46 (95% CI 3.03-9.84) and from 1.50 (95% CI 1.28-1.76) to 11.5 (95% CI 5.83-22.6), respectively. Patients with COPD are at a significantly higher risk of developing ED compared with the general population regardless of age and presence of comorbidity. The results also support that poor control of COPD status is a key factor affecting ED development.
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