title: Male erectile dysfunction and microalbuminuria in adult nigerians with essential hypertension.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Microalbuminuria has been described as a marker of generalized vascular damage.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED) and microalbuminuria in adult male Nigerians with newly diagnosed hypertension. We also evaluated the relations between ED and microalbuminuria, electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy, serum lipids, and cigarette smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 81 male adult Nigerians with newly diagnosed hypertension were recruited into the study. There were also 75 age- and sex-matched healthy normotensive controls. ED was evaluated using a standardized questionnaire of the International Index of Erectile Function and microalbuminuria was determined using the Micra Test strips (Boehringer Manneheim GMBh, Mannheim, Germany).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty-one hypertensive patients and 75 normotensive controls were studied. Mean age of the patients and the controls was 53.8 ± 5.6 and 51.2 ± 7.1 respectively. ED was found in 32.1% of the hypertensive patients and 16% of normotensive controls (P < 0.001). The prevalence of microalbuminuria was significantly higher in patients with ED than in those without it (65.4% vs. 23.6%, P < 0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study shows that ED and microalbuminuria are common in male adult Nigerians with hypertension. It also demonstrates that male ED is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria.
authors: Olusegun Adesola
authors: OA
authors: Busari
authors: Oladimeji George
authors: OG
authors: Opadijo
authors: Timothy Olusegun
authors: TO
authors: Olarewaju
authors: Yusuf Olatunji
authors: YO
authors: Oladosu
keywords: Erectile dysfunction; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Microalbuminuria
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