title: Sexual dysfunction in the diabetic patient.
abstract: The incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing at an alarming rate, and diabetic men already make up a quarter of the men in our own specific medically-oriented population of erectile dysfunction. The incidence of sexual dysfunction in men with diabetes approaches 50%, and this is only slightly lower in diabetic women. Hypertension is a frequent risk co-factor, being seen between 40% and 60% of diabetics in the literature. Obesity and hyperlipidemia are other frequent co-factors. Interestingly, these risk factors are the same as those for coronary artery disease. The final common pathway for most of these factors is endothelial cell dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Center for Sexual Function, Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Guay
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*