Prevalence of erectile dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients.
Prevalence and severity of erectile dysfunction increase with advancing age. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience disturbances in erectile function related to organic factors including as uremia, hypertension, endocrine, and nonorganic factors like depression. Recipients of kidney transplants show a high prevalence of erectile dysfunction, 32.2% to 50.7%. We conducted a study of the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among male renal transplant recipients using the International Index of Erectile Function. Among 182 men with kidney transplantations, there were 89 recipients (48.9%) with erectile dysfunction; 60 recipients had normal sexual function (32.9%); and whereas 33 recipients had no sexual activity.
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Transplant Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, MEXICO City: México. monchoep@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012746:Sexual Abstinence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires