title: Five-item version of the international index of erectile function correlated with albuminuria and subclinical atherosclerosis in men with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is increasing evidence of a strong link between erectile dysfunction and atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between the 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) score and albuminuria as well as markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in men with type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the relationship of the IIEF-5 score with the degree of urinary albumin excretion, pulse wave velocity, ankle-brachial index or toe-brachial index (n = 125) as well as with major cardiovascular risk factors, including age, blood pressure, serum lipid concentration and hemoglobin A1c, body mass index, severity of diabetic retinopathy or nephropathy, and presence of neuropathy or cardiovascular disease in 197 men with type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean IIEF-5 score was 10.0 ± 6.9. The IIEF-5 score was inversely correlated with age or duration of diabetes, and positively correlated with diastolic blood pressure or serum total cholesterol concentration. The IIEF-5 score inversely correlated with log (urinary albumin excretion; r =-0.190, p =0.0078) or pulse wave velocity (r =-0.255, p =0.0003), and positively correlated with the toe-brachial index (r = 0.379, p < 0.0001). The IIEF-5 score was lower in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy than in patients with no diabetic retinopathy, and in patients with macroalbuminuria than in patients with normoalbuminuria. The IIEF-5 score was also lower in patients with neuropathy or cardiovascular disease than without.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The IIEF-5 score correlated with diabetic micro- and macroangiopathy in men with type 2 diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan. sayarinapm@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Muhei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Hiroya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mineoka
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senmaru
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mogami
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Goji
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055109:Ankle Brachial Index; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin