TY - JOUR
T1 - Association Between Multiple Sclerosis and Erectile Dysfunction
T2 - A Nationwide Case-Control Study
AU - Keller, Joseph J.
AU - Liang, Yu Chih
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Background. Multiple sclerosis (MS) commonly affects young adults who may be sexually active, with sexual dysfunction being a significant, but often underestimated, symptom of MS. However, no large-scaled study has investigated the association between erectile dysfunction (ED) and MS in an Asian population to date. Objective. The objective of this study is to estimate the association between ED and a prior diagnosis of MS using a population-based dataset with a case-control design in Taiwan. Methods. The data were sourced from National Health Insurance Research Database. We identified 38,139 patients with ED as cases and randomly selected 262,848 subjects as controls. We then used conditional logistic regression to compute the odds ratio for having previously received a diagnosis of MS between cases and controls. Results. The prevalence of prior MS was 0.037% and 0.015% for cases and controls, respectively (P
AB - Background. Multiple sclerosis (MS) commonly affects young adults who may be sexually active, with sexual dysfunction being a significant, but often underestimated, symptom of MS. However, no large-scaled study has investigated the association between erectile dysfunction (ED) and MS in an Asian population to date. Objective. The objective of this study is to estimate the association between ED and a prior diagnosis of MS using a population-based dataset with a case-control design in Taiwan. Methods. The data were sourced from National Health Insurance Research Database. We identified 38,139 patients with ED as cases and randomly selected 262,848 subjects as controls. We then used conditional logistic regression to compute the odds ratio for having previously received a diagnosis of MS between cases and controls. Results. The prevalence of prior MS was 0.037% and 0.015% for cases and controls, respectively (P
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Erectile dysfunction
KW - Multiple sclerosis
KW - Neurologic disorder and sexual dysfunction
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02746.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02746.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22548978
AN - SCOPUS:84863524992
SN - 1743-6095
VL - 9
SP - 1753
EP - 1759
JO - Journal of Sexual Medicine
JF - Journal of Sexual Medicine
IS - 7
ER -